Black Panther (2018)
Country: US
Technical: col/2.39:1 134m
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis
Synopsis:
The African kingdom of Wakanda, whose technology and very existence remains a best-kept secret outside its borders, is induced to reassess its policy of isolationism by pressures foreign and domestic.
Review:
Twin ideologies course through this all-black (well, almost) Marvel adaptation: one, that the dignity and prowess of its people far outdates anything human history has elsewhere achieved, and that this moral superiority encompasses all black peoples, as Killmonger's line makes clear; and two, that it is high time we set about looking after each other, starting with the deprived black neighbourhoods in the United States. Showing that hi-tech can exist alongside an agrarian economy, and that mercy always trumps vengeance, make this one of the least objectionable of the franchise; however, apart from boasting lots of pretty pictures, and a thrilling high-speed chase in Busan, it is actually a bit of a bore, with yet another narrative of man-made monsters and resurrectable heroes.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.39:1 134m
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis
Synopsis:
The African kingdom of Wakanda, whose technology and very existence remains a best-kept secret outside its borders, is induced to reassess its policy of isolationism by pressures foreign and domestic.
Review:
Twin ideologies course through this all-black (well, almost) Marvel adaptation: one, that the dignity and prowess of its people far outdates anything human history has elsewhere achieved, and that this moral superiority encompasses all black peoples, as Killmonger's line makes clear; and two, that it is high time we set about looking after each other, starting with the deprived black neighbourhoods in the United States. Showing that hi-tech can exist alongside an agrarian economy, and that mercy always trumps vengeance, make this one of the least objectionable of the franchise; however, apart from boasting lots of pretty pictures, and a thrilling high-speed chase in Busan, it is actually a bit of a bore, with yet another narrative of man-made monsters and resurrectable heroes.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.39:1 134m
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis
Synopsis:
The African kingdom of Wakanda, whose technology and very existence remains a best-kept secret outside its borders, is induced to reassess its policy of isolationism by pressures foreign and domestic.
Review:
Twin ideologies course through this all-black (well, almost) Marvel adaptation: one, that the dignity and prowess of its people far outdates anything human history has elsewhere achieved, and that this moral superiority encompasses all black peoples, as Killmonger's line makes clear; and two, that it is high time we set about looking after each other, starting with the deprived black neighbourhoods in the United States. Showing that hi-tech can exist alongside an agrarian economy, and that mercy always trumps vengeance, make this one of the least objectionable of the franchise; however, apart from boasting lots of pretty pictures, and a thrilling high-speed chase in Busan, it is actually a bit of a bore, with yet another narrative of man-made monsters and resurrectable heroes.