Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Name: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: November 11, 2022
Duration: 161 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Dominique Thorne, Dorothy Steel

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: November 11, 2022 | PG-13

Starring: Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Dominique Thorne, Dorothy Steel, Florence Kasumba, Lake Bell, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Marlon Hayes, Martin Freeman, Michaela Coel, Richard Schiff, Tenoch Huerta, Winston Duke

Summary: Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with theQueen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.… Expand

Director: Ryan Coogler

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 161 min

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Mike Ryan

Nov 8, 2022

Chadwick Boseman does not appear in this movie, but he’s felt in every single scene. It feels like a way to say goodbye. And, in that, it very much succeeds … while also being a rip-roaring Black Panther movie. Again, this movie is a miracle. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Nov 8, 2022

Potent with ideas and feelings, ‘Wakanda Forever’ ultimately triumphs nonetheless through heart, soul, grit, and a great sense of visceral urgency. Read full review

Polygon Toussaint Egan

Nov 8, 2022

There are moments in Wakanda Forever where it feels as though the film itself might buckle under the weight of not only the expectations heaped onto it, but of the loss that animates its core premise. When it manages not only to meet the verve and creativity of 2018’s Black Panther, but ultimately to tell its own successful story, it feels no less astonishing than a man with wings on his ankles soaring through the air. Read full review

Cheyenne Bunsie

Nov 10, 2022

Coogler admirably takes a big swing with Wakanda Forever and it produces a feature that is fluently in conversation with its predecessor, but less so with its position inside the wider franchise universe. There are some noticeable misses, but the value of such intricate and elevated storytelling cannot be discounted. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Nov 8, 2022

There’s a great deal to enjoy here, and fans of “Black Panther” won’t necessarily leave feeling disappointed, but there’s a sense of strong elements not quite coming together. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Nov 8, 2022

Coogler frequently harnesses these tragic circumstances for a rousing, politically pointed spectacle, which also touches on xenophobia and the cruelty of endless wars over dwindling natural resources. But the film is powered by its vibrant supporting cast, which now takes centre stage. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Nov 8, 2022

Only Nyong’o and Winston Duke, whose avuncular mountain tribe chief M’Baku makes a welcome return, actually feel like human beings. Elsewhere it’s drainingly apparent we’re just watching the nth round of chess pieces being rearranged. Like Namor with his dinky ankle-wings, this franchise has become super-heroically adept at treading water. Read full review

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jvfc

Nov 11, 2022

Great movie.

Awsome acting.

Namor is good, also is Ramonda.

Okoye is really good

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truthregardless

Nov 20, 2022

Excellent sequel, I was unsure due the need for a recast, but everything was handled well.

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Sxislit

Nov 13, 2022

It's a perfect movie. Everything you should expect from the sequel.Its a visual spectacle.
Anyway it'll make you cry.

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TristanHemlock

Nov 13, 2022

This movie fails in so many ways, that you can see they weren't even worried about plot holes seeing they make them as hotcakes. This movie was made to exploit African culture, while also making it seem it's about black empowerment or black culture when it is not about any of that.

FirstThis movie fails in so many ways, that you can see they weren't even worried about plot holes seeing they make them as hotcakes. This movie was made to exploit African culture, while also making it seem it's about black empowerment or black culture when it is not about any of that.

First they couldn't have explained T'Challa death in a worst way. Do the writers think people suffer from memory loss?! So they were able to freeze the Winter Soldier, but given T'Challa situation no one even thought about that. If you're smart and you think about everything all the movies have shown you, then you'll never accept the explanation given to T'Challa death. Which only shows how much the writers really care about Chadwick Boseman, that they couldn't have given him a death worthy of the man he was in life but also who the character Black Panther is.

The story of the movie itself is as simple as it can get. Riri Williams, builds something that does something and Namor or should I call him Ne-mour sees that thing as a threat to his kingdom and power. Ne-mour thinks his and Wakanda interests align until he sees that they do not.

And that's it, all the conflict and fights begin here.

Shuri or should I say Letitia Wright, not only fails to transmit the emotions typical with grieving and loss, but how she becomes the new Black Panther was pure plot convenience. Also considering how she achieves it, you're also left wondering how did T'Challa even died at all. Even her fight with wannabe Namor, it leaves you wonder if she added some Wolverine DNA to what she did. As Black Panther she doesn't convinces, and she didn't took her role as seriously as she should have.

The character Riri Williams that pretty much sets the fuse to the entire conflict, if she had only done that and offered Shuri some help becoming Black Panther, that would've been enough. More than enough. But no. They had to go Rey Palpatine on her, and the way she becomes Ironheart is an insult to Tony Stark Iron Man. The way she builds the suit the way she just uses it... It screams Mary Sue.

As for Wakanda itself. They went so over the top to create the illusion that the movie cares about African culture, that they overused it to the point it became ridiculous. There are many choices to pick from, but pay attention to how the holographic barrier that keeps Wakanda hidden is lowered. You'll see the culture abuse right there, because you're witnessing a technological process that doesn't need to have all that spectacle. The spectacle is in the movie to deceive the viewer too hypnotized to realize the absurdity being shown.

Also the way they handle Riri Williams at first, for a society that is supposed to be so advanced, so open minded, about equality, and so much better than all other cultures. They sure handle that with the finesse of a barbarian.

This movie will fool you if you're not paying attention. It will pretend to be about equality when they show they couldn't care less about that. It will pretend that the fight is about some grand motive, when it comes down to who has access to a specific resource. That resource can almost be considered the movie main character. It will pretend that this movie is about black culture, black empowerment, but it just ends up showing that regardless of skin color cultures share the same flaws and fight the same fights.

A few performances were solid, like that of Angela Bassett. But other performances were just laughable, like that of Tenoch Huerta that can't even say Namor as Namor is actually said.

Overall this is an average movie. With a completely predictable story and with so many plot holes that you can see how much care and hard work was actually put into creating this movie. They knew that by using Chadwick Boseman passing, and by filling the screen with what passes for African culture, they didn't need to actually write a good story.

And while some may allowed themselves to fall for this illusionist trick, I for one was never tricked one single time. Average movie at best and I'm being generous, considering some flaws even in the special effects department can easily justify and even lower score.… Expand

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Iriador82

Feb 7, 2023

This was one of the weaker marvel movies. Especially considering how good the first iteration of these movies was. The whole conflict feels super constructed and at many stages of the movie you just think to yourself "Why don't they just do this". There is a lot of these moments in here.
ForThis was one of the weaker marvel movies. Especially considering how good the first iteration of these movies was. The whole conflict feels super constructed and at many stages of the movie you just think to yourself "Why don't they just do this". There is a lot of these moments in here.
For me personally the worst thing was the costume design. Be it the new Black Panther suit, the Pseudo-Iron-Man (That was by far the worst) or the Dreadlock-Squid suit... It was more like some carneval party rather than a grown up super hero movie set.… Expand

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EduardeRossell

Nov 15, 2022

Panther movie without the Black Panther (sorry, at least the last 10 minutes we have some black panther accion) I think Disney forgets that this is a super hero movie. And gives us political ideology.

10 of 11 users found this helpful101

philoctetes

Mar 6, 2023

Simple minded racist only black lives matters gibberish. Hysterical and stupid.

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