Shazam! Review: A Charming, If Uninventive Superhero Origin Story
Shazam! is a wildly fun superhero adventure, with plenty of humor and heart, but struggles at times to strike a good balance between levity and drama.
Shazam! (2019)
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word - SHAZAM! - this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult superhero Shazam. Now, it's up to him and his foster siblings to save the world from the evil Sins.
Shazam!
- Director
- David F. Sandberg
- Release Date
- April 5, 2019
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Cast
- Faithe Herman , Jack Dylan Grazer , Ian Chen , Asher Angel , Marta Milans , Mark Strong , Cooper Andrews , Andi Osho , grace fulton , Zachary Levi , Ron Cephas Jones , Ava Preston
- Writers
- Henry Gayden
- Runtime
- 138 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Shazam
- Sequel(s)
- Black Adam
- Budget
- $90 million
Summary
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word - SHAZAM! - this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult superhero Shazam. Now, it's up to him and his foster siblings to save the world from the evil Sins.
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