Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje 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 and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.

  • Released: 2022-11-09
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Adventure
  • Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Michaela Coel, Dominique Thorne, Florence Kasumba, Isaach De Bankolé, Dorothy Steel, Gigi Bermingham, Shiquita James, Curtis Bannister, Jarrell Pyro Johnson, Tejon Wright, Adam Freeman, Marlon Hayes, Babatunde Oyewo, Danny Sapani, Mabel Cadena, Josué Maychi, Alex Livinalli, María Mercedes Coroy, Richard Schiff, Zach Andrews, Manuel Chavez, Kamaru Usman, Michael B. Jordan, Lake Bell, Robert John Burke, Connie Chiume, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael B. Jordan, Zainab Jah, Sope Aluko, Trevor Noah, Shawn Roberts, Zola Williams, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Jemini Powell, Marija Abney, Keisha Tucker, Ivy Haralson, Maya Macatumpag, Baaba Maal, Jabari Exum, Massamba Diop, Magatte Saw, Gerardo Aldana, Rudolph Massanga, Judd Wild, Amber Harrington, Michael Blake Kruse, Justin James Boykin, Anderson Cooper, Mackenro Alexander, T. Love, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Jermaine Brantley, Granger Summerset II, Luke Lenza, Alan Wells, Bill Barrett, Lieiry J. Perez Escalera, Sevyn Hill, Gavin Macon, Skylar Ebron, Taylor Holmes, Angela Cipra, Faya Madrid, María Telón, Sal Lopez, Irma Estella La Guerre, Leonardo Castro, Juan Carlos Cantu, Shawntae Hughes, Corey Hibbert, Zaiden James, Aba Arthur, Délé Ogundiran, Kevin Changaris, Valerio Dorvillen, Don Castor, Jonathan González Collins, Divine Love Konadu-Sun, Chadwick Boseman
  • Director: Ryan Coogler
 Comments
  • JPHReviews - 25 May 2024
    Nice Tribute to Chadwick Boseman but doesn't need to exist
    Chadwick Boseman's death was tragic and I appreciate this film as sort of a tribute to him (the MCU credits all being of him was especially nice) but this film did not need to exist. Chadwick Boseman was why that first film was so great so swapping him out for his annoying little sister was a mistake.

    Namor is a cool villain though, I love the scene where his army lure a boat full of soldiers to their deaths. On the flip side I didn't care for Riri Williams, just another genius child in a film where we already have that. Like c'mon past smart characters like Tony Stark and Bruce Banner had to study their whole life's while Riri is just a genius from a young age able to do what others could not even building her own Iron Man getup (at least Shuri grew up in an advanced society so she at least makes sense to be a young genius).

    Thankfully this is the last Marvel film I needed to catch up on and yeah going back and rewatching/watching these phase 4 films has really got me agreeing with Martin Scorsese. Marvel has seemingly lost it, it used to be the case that a weak Marvel film was an oddity now it's the norm.
  • henrybodill - 24 January 2024
    Average not much more to be said
    As a big fan of black panther I like many others had my doubts about this movie but also had hopes of marvel being able to regain some prestige after having some flops recently. The tribute to Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa was very touching and gave me high hopes, although the cgi in this scene was very obvious and the buildings stuck out like a sore thumb.

    The story itself is a bit bland with the main villain being quite random and whilst opening up a new world to marvel fans it also creates a lot of confusion.

    As a female dominated cast the actresses had a ok performance with some standout moments, however the introduction of the iron heart it left me very confused and very dissatisfied as they have taken the legacy and brilliant performance of Robert Downey Jr as iron man and handed it to a very bland and boringly sarcastic character.

    The cgi was a bit hit and miss throughout the film with the attack on wakanda being very well put together but other scenes not so much. It has also been clear through many Marvel films that revenge is never truly enacted with the main character as seen in Spider-Man no way home and I think marvel is missing a big trick here as Shuri could have had more of a character development if she was to kill Namor.

    The ending of the film was touching with Nakai and her son but unfortunately a short post credits scene cannot help this film in terms lacking story.

    All in all a very subpar film and I wouldn't recommend unless you are a very big fan of Shuri or the Black Panther series in general.