BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER MOVIE REVIEW

The Black Panther has died and thanks to Killmonger in the first film, there is no more of the sacred plant that connects a chosen Wakandan with their ancestors to take up the mantle and gain the powers. The world, thinking Wakanda is without a protector, has begun making incursions to try to steal vibranium for their own uses, but Wakanda is, of course, far from defenseless. But things get VERY complicated when an underwater nation previously unknown rears its head in anger when it is discovered that someone has invented a vibranium detector and has started trying to mine another deposit of it in the sea. The leader of this aquatic society, Namor, contacts Wakanda offering to team up and destroy the rest of the surface world together, or become the first city to be destroyed. Meanwhile, the hunt is on for the inventor of the machine that can find vibranium and it turns out to be Riri Williams, a college girl with a beyond-genius level IQ and it’s up to Shuri and Okoye to keep her safe. There are a lot of plates spinning at once in this sequel and much of it is tinged with inherent sadness of course as Chadwick Boseman is mourned throughout. Chris, Wright, Marco, and Kim take a look and give their thoughts.

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DIRECTED BY: Ryan Coogler

STARRING: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Angela Bassett, Michael B. Jordan, Isaach de Bankolé, Dorothy Steel, Danny Sapani, Connie Chiume, Mabel Cadena, Alex Livinalli, María Mercedes Coroy, Lake Bell, Robert John Burke, Richard Schiff, Kamaru Usman, Trevor Noah, Chadwick Boseman, Divine Love Konadu-Sun

 

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Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Kimberly Brown (Highly Suspect Reviews)

Kimberly wants to live in a world filled with blue telephone boxes, speedsters,