Black Adam
(2022)
Overview
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
Director
Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers
Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani
Top Billed
Dwayne Johnson
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Reviews
Manuel São Bento
⭐ 5/10October 19, 2022
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/black-adam-spoiler-free-review
"Black Adam is far from impressive, being somewhat disappointing due to its formulaic, predictable screenplay when something different was anticipated.
Lorne Balfe's epic score and a magnificent cast - Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, and most remarkably Pierce Brosnan are phenomenal - try to elevate the decent action and visuals, but the moderate…
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Faraz Khan
⭐ 7/10October 22, 2022
Well it wasn't disappointing...
Chris Sawin
⭐ 3/10October 23, 2022
With a horrid script, lackluster performances, and a waste of potentially awesome characters, _Black Adam_ is an explosive, $195 million, anti-heroic dud. The DCEU is about to get way more convoluted and underwhelming than ever before if this is the future of live action DC films.
**Full review:** https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Black-Adam-20220-Review-A-Stale-and-Disjointed-Antihero-Kerfuffle
The Movie Mob
⭐ 8/10October 23, 2022
**Black Adam might not reinvent the wheel, but it doesn’t have to. It just wants to take you on a fun, entertaining, exciting superhero ride!**
Black Adam has its haters, and I can understand why. It doesn’t necessarily break new ground in the superhero genre, but that doesn’t stop it from being awesome! Action-packed from start to finish. The effects are incredible. I kept myself from saying Wow out loud on multiple occasions. Dwayne Johnson’…
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jwilliams0511971
⭐ 8/10October 24, 2022
> _"My powers are not a gift. They're a curse, born out of rage."_
I had a blast watching this in theaters. This was very bombastic, with a lot of cool action, but also telling a heartfelt story about Black Adam.
It was very inventive how they depicted Black Adam's origin, keeping it a mystery up near the end. Dwayne Johnson was born to play Black Adam. He steals every scene he's in playing a badass anto-hero.
Now the Justice Society, wh…
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shamxal
⭐ 0.5/10October 24, 2022
cool movie
CinemaSerf
⭐ 6/10October 25, 2022
In search of the all powerful crown of "Sabbac", "Adrianna" (Sarah Shahi) unleashes "Seth-Adam" (Dwayne Johnson) from his mountain-encased tomb deep in the desert. With super-human powers akin to "Superman", he returns to his home city of "Kahndaq" which is under the control of the "Intergangs". Will he decide to help her and her son "Amon" (Bodhi Sabongui) free them from this criminal tyranny? Well what nobody had counted on are the folks from t… read the rest.
Nathan
⭐ 5/10October 25, 2022
_Black Adam_ is in every aspect a generic superhero movie. There is nothing that really separates this for me, besides the body count that Black Adam stacks up during the film.
One thing I need to mention is the audio quality. So many lines of dialogue sound like they were recorded straight off from a cell phone. They do not match the scene at all and it was incredibly jarring throughout the entirety of the film. While I am talking about sound…
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phutrong
November 7, 2022
Best DC Movie ever !!!
nhpro
⭐ 10/10November 11, 2022
Very Good Movie
Ahmad
⭐ 7/10November 23, 2022
In all honesty, I was anticipating the same old rubbish. Neither the teaser nor the people involved left me feeling optimistic. To my surprise, I got a rather well-crafted superhero film that, despite its imperfections, is still superior to the vast bulk of its genre’s offerings in recent years. Coming from the DCEU, which has produced some of the most inconsistent content in recent memory, and starring Dwayne Johnson as the lead, who, apart from… read the rest.
Kay Cee
⭐ 4/10November 23, 2022
I enjoyed the action mainly sometimes the shotty CGI took me out of it. Very surprised that a triple A title in this age would have subpar CGI at times. The story was ok, but most of the dialog was poorly written. Especially with 5he scenes the boy was in. On the tech side the video is crispy clear. Just gorgeous. And the audio is also great. There is a lot going on.
MovieGuys
⭐ 6/10November 30, 2022
"Its alright." I know, its hardly a resounding endorsement but Black Adam, is just that.
To be fair the super human genre is pretty formulaic by its very nature. Its simplistic narrative and story telling, often with a very pro American, globalist message, as is the case here, does not resonate terribly well with a sophisticated, mature audience.
So rather than pick on its predictable shortcoming's let's look at what it does do well.
Fi…
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Habenula
⭐ 1/10December 5, 2022
The worst ever movie I've ever seen.
Adriano
⭐ 2/10December 15, 2022
Black Adam feels dated. And not like it came out at the dawn of superhero movies. Before that. Like it came out during TMNT II: Secrets of the Ooze.
Husky Verse
December 16, 2022
Much watch movie :)
JPV852
⭐ 6/10December 25, 2022
Okay movie that suffers from similar issues to other DC movies, in that it wants takes shortcuts with character development and, in the case of one character, their sacrifice feels hollow as we barely get to know them. In addition, the fight scenes, being rendered either against a green screen or via CGI, lacks any punch and thus suspense. On the plus side, I guess Dwayne Johnson was decent and as a whole it's a watchable superhero action-thrill… read the rest.
mrsawy
January 6, 2023
it wasnt bad , thats good
GenerationofSwine
⭐ 10/10January 17, 2023
OK, this isn't a bad movie.
But, it as a bit much CGI (like everything else nowadays) and I think modern audiences are getting tired of paying out the wazoo to basically watch a video game.
And then the narration. The voice is too young and though it does make sense with the plot, it is jarring because basic tradition is that narrations have an older and wiser voice... Morgan Freeman, Spock, etc. So that is going to instantly set the ra…
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numerology company name
February 8, 2023
The rock looks best in this movie. with his gleamingaura look.
Dark Jedi
⭐ 8/10April 13, 2023
I quite enjoyed this movie. Given the story (some superhero wakes up 5000 year later) I was a bit afraid that it would be a lot of unintelligent Hollywood slapstick humor with Black Adam trying to adapt to modern society. There where a little bit of that but, luckily, not too much.
I did actually have some hopes for this movie given that those woke intellectual midgets that the rubbish site Rotten Tomatoes calls critics gave it a rotten rating…
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Andre Wilfred Sanders
⭐ 6/10June 11, 2023
**There is nothing to dazzle with the DC Universe in the year 2022**
If you decide not to enter this movie into the cinemas, you will not miss except two things. The first is a very impressive Post Credit Scene, and the second is the opportunity to see the largest group of characters that look like hell.
It is the 11th film between the extended DC universe films and the only movie from this world that will be shown in 2022, in addition to…
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Andre Gonzales
⭐ 6/10June 18, 2023
Pretty good movie. just didnt like the kid he was very annoying. also dont like the extra company of black adam. they are trying to steal the marvel characters now. one guy is like ant-man and the other is the falcon. the old guy is dr. strange. i only gave it a rating of 6 because black adam is the shit in this. otherwise i would have given it a 1.
r96sk
⭐ 7/10November 17, 2023
<em>'Black Adam'</em> holds hits and misses aplenty, but I think I got enough out of it by the time the credits rolled.
The most standout part of this 2022 DCEU flick is its humour, albeit weirdly. What I mean is that I found the comedy to actually be fairly amusing, much more so than I was anticipating, but the way it is placed into other events onscreen is very messy and almost forced.
It's as if they made the whole movie without humour a…
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Justin Totino
⭐ 3/10August 11, 2025
**_This review contains spoilers._**
“The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change” is the catchphrase that star Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson kept spouting about this movie as it was in production and being promoted after wrapping. It was meant to be both in and out of character. Now James Gunn is in charge so, in a way, Rock was right. And to think Rock has supposedly been trying to get this film made since what, 2008, I think? I…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$200,000,000
Revenue
$393,452,111