Billy Batson, 14, is a rebellious boy with a difficult life.
One day he comes across a sorcerer who gives him his powers, so he becomes the superhero Shazam.
Dc has not enjoyed critical and public success on the part of his previous films as expected, however the success of Aquaman and now Shazam has finally come to show that it is possible to make good films with these characters, and create a bright future for this DCEU(DC Extended Universe).
Shazam affirms himself above all as a lighter film compared to his predecessors, comic, without being taken too seriously (at least for the most part).
It's a well directed movie with a good cast, Zachary Levi is great at playing the hero. He has a comic timming that perfectly fits the character. As mentioned earlier, it is a very funny movie and pretty much all of the jokes work. However behind the comedy, there is also a beautiful, touching story about acceptance, family and friendship.
As it is a superhero movie there has to be a villain, here we have Dr.Sivana in a good interpretation by Mark Strong, the villain is truly evil, yet there is a reason that I believe to be clear for the reasons that lead him to do whatever he does.
There is nothing significantly bad that i can say, however if I had to mention, it would be the CGI, there are certain scenes that could be a little more worked. Another aspect would be a certain darkness, the movie becomes exaggeratedly whenever the villain is on screen, those scenes do not fit tonally with the rest, because it is a relatively light film.
Shazam is great, funny, moving, very entertaining. It's exactly the breath of fresh air that DC was needing.
8.0/10
8.0/10
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