The DCEU expands with its B team, promoted to an underwhelming movie of its own.

Being steeped in comics lore is a very different thing than being emotionally invested in a movie.

Suffice to say, there are people many people who have been anticipating aBlack Adamspinoff for years.

Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam

Dwayne Johnson in ‘Black Adam’.Warner Bros. Pictures

It’s a bit like wandering into another family’s heated domestic argument already in progress.

you’ll yell at the screen, but Johnson’s not the glowering jot down.

It doesn’t help that the plot brings on a whole host of nobodies Doctor Fate!

(Pierce Brosnan), Cyclone!

(Quintessa Swindell), Atom Smasher!

(Noah Centineo), Hawkman!

Cue scenes of humorless mid-air wrestling, shake vigorously, wait for the sequel.Grade: C+

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