Saturday, May 4, 2019

Shazam! (2019)

Director: David F. Sandberg. Cast: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Djimon Hounsou. 132 min. Rated PG-13. Fantasy/Comedy.

Any polishing of the currently rusty superhero sub-genre is welcome. Well ... maybe not any. Shazam! is a nice rejuvenation of the 70's TV show, but doesn't keep the material available to kids, as profanity, violence, and themes of killing your own family members keeps it just short of an R rating. So, besides Deadpool, if you're not making a superhero movie for kids, then who are you making it for? We're living in an era where you're prone to cringe and worry, when the POTUS speaks on prime-time TV, or superheroes and super-villains duke it out on the screen.

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