DC fans have been in the New Year these two days, "Black Adam", "Shazam 2", "Aquaman 2", "The Flash", etc. have exposed new content, and as the next most heavyweight anti-hero blockbuster in DC, as well as a work that Dwayne Johnson has personally operated for nearly 10 years, "Black Adam" is highly anticipated, and at these days of DC fan events, we also saw the first preview of the film, and Black Adam played by Dwayne Johnson picked up a soldier and made it "frustrated and ashy", which can be described as quite deterrent.
And Dwayne Johnson himself also expressed his emotional resonance with the role of Black Adam at the DC fan event, saying that he was born to play the role of Black Adam. And about the strength of black Adam, we have learned something in the preview, super physical ability to ignore physical damage such as bullets, magic power easily turns people into powder, super fast catch bullets with bare hands, in fact, black Adam's ability is far more than shown in the preview, even comparable to Superman, a netizen commented on the Internet after watching the preview, in view of Black Adam's strength, only Superman can kill him. And Dwayne Johnson responded online that —
"My friend, you have to remember that Superman's greatest weakness is not the Kryptonite, but magic, and coincidentally, Black Adam's greatest superpower is magic power, Superman and Black Adam can fly at the speed of light, they both have indestructible power, but only one of them has the possibility of killing the other, and we all know who this person will be." 」
From these seemingly arrogant words of the boulder, it shows his understanding of the comic setting, Superman is indeed afraid of magic, so many fans have ridiculed Superman's magic resistance to zero, and the reason why The Boulder said that only Black Adam can kill Superman, on the one hand, is that the strength is equal, Black Adam occupies an absolute advantage because of magic power, on the other hand, because Superman as a symbol of justice, has his own moral code will not easily kill, but Black Adam is different, he has his own other set of ideas, It is not easy to let go of people who are in front of you.
So will "Black Adam" be a hero or a villain in the film? It has been 80 years since the birth of Black Adam, during which his personality and origin story have changed a lot, but his most famous origin story is the "American Justice Association" series launched in 2002, in which Black Adam was once the ruler of the ancient Egyptian city of Kandak, and was given magical powers by the ancient Shazam wizards.
However, Kandak is later conquered by another powerful villain, and Black Adam's family is slaughtered, black Adam wants revenge at all costs, but is stopped by the shazam wizard, and is eventually stripped of his power and sealed in a tomb. Of course, judging from the exposed tidbits, the origin of Black Adam in the film has been modified, and he has been given a more distinctive personal character, he is set as a slave of Kandak, tragically treated inhumanly, and he rose up against the ruler, so he was chosen by the Shazam wizard to give power, but his way of seeking justice is more cruel, and he is sealed by the old wizard.
Therefore, Black Adam is more like Marvel's Punisher in the film, or DC's red hood, and Deadpool or Venom in the movie, are typical anti-hero characters, with justice in their hearts, but the way of doing things is more extremely tough. In "Black Adam", in addition to Black Adam, there will also be a "Justice Society of America" composed of Doctor Destiny, Hawkman, Atomic Crusher, Whirlwind, etc. Black Adam also joined this heroic organization as an important member in the comics, but eventually left because of different ideas, perhaps this story will be shown in the film.
"Black Adam" will be released on July 29, 2022, and Boulder has long said that when Black Adam appears, it is the time when the DC Movie Universe changes, so let's wait and see.