‘Black Adam’: Superhero Action, but Weak Story Shazam
The ‘Black Adam’ story is a blander copy of ‘The Mummy’, ‘Moon Knight’, and other Egyptian films made by Hollywood, taking place in the fictional Middle Eastern Kahndaq.
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The ‘Black Adam’ story is a blander copy of ‘The Mummy’, ‘Moon Knight’, and other Egyptian films made by Hollywood, taking place in the fictional Middle Eastern Kahndaq.
The film is trying to revive DC’s former glory, it really is, it just doesn’t have everything it needs to get there. Luckily, Black Adam isn’t as bad as many internet haters want you to think it is.
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