Will 'Black Adam' Trailer: What To Expect From The Film Ever Rule the World?

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A Brief Introduction To This Article

There are very few comic book characters as heavily discussed behind-the-scenes as DC’s Black Adam. The archnemesis of superhero Shazam has long been rumored to be getting his own movie – and now that appears to be official, with production on the project having just started. 

Even so, details on the project remain frustratingly scarce. However, that didn’t stop the first trailer for ‘Black Adam’ from dropping earlier this week. Unsurprisingly, it also happens to feel a lot like other superhero movies we have recently seen. 

To be clear, that doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with that; after all, most fans enjoy these movies. However, given how little we know about this upcoming movie in particular... well, it’s worth exploring some of its most interesting moments:

Trailer's Best Part

Hawkman, the leader of the Justice Society, is informed by Fate in "Black Adam" that he will be killed and that he will know when the time comes. Fate decides to seek another method to save his dear friend and the world from a fiend because he knows Hawkman's death. 

Strange, who knows very little about Tony, allows Tony to sacrifice his life in "Iron Man" to save the world. "Black Adam" has one of the greatest superhero movie scenes of all time, and it also happens to be one of the greatest scenes ever. It was somewhat disappointing to see one of the film's greatest scenes recreated in a slower-paced sequence. 

In the early moments of the film, the antihero demonstrates his speed by completing a slow-motion sequence set to 'Paint It Black' while fighting some mercenaries. In "X-Men" movies, the bad guys kill themselves. Throughout the scene's slow-motion sequence, we observe several mercenaries being killed. 

It was fun, but it could have been better if it didn't feel like a remixed version of an "X-Men" movie. DC’s mythology has recently been expanded to include Kahndaq, which was created in 2006. Teth-Adam's family were killed in Kahndaq, just as in the film, after it was invaded by a malevolent dictator. 

Black Adam quickly finishes off Intergang's army in the film, which is a gang of criminals who gained weaponry, vehicles, and Apokolips technology from Darkseid in exchange for helping him locate the Anti-Life Equation. In the comics, they are normally opposed to Superman, but in the maxi-series 52, they had problems with Black Adam. 

Injustice League, Darkseid is alluded to, leaving room for a connection between Intergang's technology, which is used in the film. She was Andrea Thomas on the The Secrets of Isis television show about a schoolteacher who receives the powers of the Egyptian goddess in the 1975 CBS series The Secrets of Isis. 

Similarly, Adrianna Tomaz was created in the comics in Issue 52 as a former hostage of Intergang who was freed by Black Adam. She assists him in realizing how he can change his country Kahndaq by helping him realize how he can change it. She receives the Amulet of Isis and develops her own powers, which enables her to marry Black Adam. 

The fact that there's no hint of romance in Black Adam between Adrianna (Sarah Shahi) and Teth-Adam at the moment doesn't indicate that it won't in the future. It seems more likely that in the future Adrianna will receive her own powers, creating a “Black Marvels” family like Shazam's family, who has his own family. 

The helmet of Doctor Fate is shown to be of alien origin in the film. In the comics, Nabu, an entity of cosmic order, fights against the forces of chaos. In the movie, Kent Nelson (Pierce Brosnan) is possessed by the helmet because it contains Nabu, a Lord of Chaos and Order. 

In the film Black Adam, it is said that the helm has been possessed by different individuals throughout history. Since Nelson's death in the third act, Nabu may appoint the new Doctor Fate in the film's sequel or spin-off. The Justice Society is introduced to Hawkman's spaceship, which is made entirely of Nth Metal. 

Thanagar, where Hawkman, Katar Hol, hails from, is a world where this anti-gravity metal is found. In the Metal world, Nth Metal is actually ninth metal and is used to construct the walls of the multiverse, preventing separate worlds from merging together. If those barriers were broken, the DCEU would have an unimaginably large problem on their hands. However, we will save that tale for another day.

Black Adam Destroys A High-Tech Facility

The first thing we see in the Black Adam trailer is the nefarious anti-hero destroying a high-tech facility. Judging by the logos on the walls, it is either S.H.I.E.L.D. or HYDRA. Of course, both are organizations that have been destroyed in the MCU and on the TV show Agents of SHIELD respectively, so it’s unclear how they will be referenced here. 

If the facility is indeed S.H.I.E.L.D., it could be a reference to their Cybertek division, which built the cybernetic limb Black Widow used in Captain America: Civil War. Coincidentally, the trailer features a shot of Black Adam holding the same cybernetic limb.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Black Adam Is Incredibly Strong

The trailer quickly establishes that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Black Adam is incredibly strong. So strong, in fact, that he is able to bend steel with his bare hands. That is something we have not seen since the days of Incredible Hulk, and is a very interesting choice. 

After all, that’s the very first thing the super-powered Bruce Banner did in The Incredible Hulk movie (the original run of which is now on Netflix). Moreover, given that the Hulk’s strength has always been proportional to his anger, it could be an interesting parallel to explore in future.

Billy Batson Is Rescued By Shazam

The trailer also reveals that Black Adam will be the one to capture Billy Batson, a.k.a. Shazam. Why he does this is unclear. One possibility is that he does it out of revenge for the death of his family. After all, Batson did kill them, albeit under the influence of the evil entity within him named Shazam. 

Unfortunately, the trailer doesn’t really explain any of this. Given that, it’s hard to know whether this is all part of a larger picture or just what happens in this particular portion of the story.

Black Adam And Shazam Have A Face-Off

The trailer concludes with Black Adam and Shazam having a face-off. Unfortunately, we don’t get to see much of it, as Shazam quickly flees. It’s unclear why he does this, and whether it will become part of a larger story. One possibility is that Batson flees because he does not want to kill his archnemesis. 

After all, he killed his family under the influence of Shazam. However, it doesn’t look like the battle will end in a draw – Black Adam looks pretty angry.

Conclusion

Hawkman, the leader of the Justice Society, is informed by Fate in "Black Adam" that he will be killed and that he will know when the time comes. Fate decides to seek another method to save his dear friend and the world from a fiend because he knows Hawkman's death. 

Strange, who knows very little about Tony, allows Tony to sacrifice his life in "Iron Man" to save the world. All in all, the Black Adam trailer is a really interesting watch. It is exciting and action-packed, and makes this upcoming movie feel like something really special. 

Unfortunately, though, there are still many questions that remain unanswered. After all, although this trailer gives us a lot to think about, it doesn’t really tell us what is going to happen in the movie itself. It’s hard to say whether this is because DC and Warner Bros. are keeping details under wraps, or whether the creative team simply hasn’t decided everything yet. Whatever the case, though, we’ll have to wait for more details to come to light.