Black Panther (2018)
C – 134m
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 – Widescreen
Based On The Marvel Comics By: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenplay By: Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole
Dir.: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Martin Freeman, Sterling K. Brown, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis, Stan Lee, Denzel Whitaker, Timothy Carr and Floyd Anthony Johns Jr.
T’Challa, the king of Wakanda, rises to the throne in the isolated, technology advanced African nation, but his claim is challenged by a vengeful outsider who was a childhood victim of T’Challa’s father’s mistake. Not even, “a spoonful of sugar,” can help this, “medicine go down”… (Disney owns Marvel folks – keep up!) The film is slow paced, especially for an action film and the CGI is hit or miss effect to effect. Saving graces: Stan Lee’s cameo, Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis. The rest can be discarded. This reviewer understands the importance of the film culturally but on technical merits and basic film review points, this one falls flat.
Rated: [PG–13] – Prolonged Sequences Of Action Violence, & A Brief Rude Gesture
Available on 4K & Regular Blu–ray, DVD & Digital Copy