Review: Black Adam may be only for the die-hard fans

The Rock is a superstar and now he's a superhero, starring as Black Adam in the latest comic book adaptation from the DC Universe.

But given the critics' responses to it, this one may be for the die-hard fans.

It's been a long time coming and a passion project of The Rock, now the DC Universe (DCU) has thrown a tonne of money into the CGI budget to bring this world to the big screen.

So suit up DC fans, there's a new superhero-slash-supervillain in town - his name is Black Adam.

Not to be confused with the Justice League but confusing anyway, here we have the Justice Society, led by the man formally known as Bond and his band of supes sent to smack down the unsmackdownable - The Rock.

Weirdly, they're not the enemy. Or are they? And if they are, why? And if not, who is? And thanks to a hot mess of a story we are left with the even bigger question - who cares?

The Rock does all the heavy lifting here and while he fills out the super-suit just fine, somehow the script demanded he leave his trademark charm and charisma in his trailer. Big mistake.

I quickly lost the will to keep track of this convoluted plot, only to fail even more miserably in my mission to connect with or care about one single character in this disappointingly messy low-hanging fruit of a blockbuster.

Not a fresh thought to be found, but with enough flash, rattle and roll to maybe entertain the younger fan.

Two stars

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