#SUPERMAN KILLS SHAZAM MOVIE#

Schut’s woefully underwritten script takes a clumsy, haphazard approach to world-building, relying on a two-minute animated sequence to open Samaritan while a naive, worshipful Sam narrates Samaritan and Nemesis’s supposedly tragic, Cain and Abel-inspired backstory. When he’s not dodging bullies connected to a gang, he’s falling under the undue influence of Cyrus (Pilou Asbæk), a low-rent gang leader with an outsized ego and the conviction that he and only he can take on Nemesis’s mantle and along with that mantle, a hammer “forged in hate,” to orchestrate a Bane-like plan to plunge the city into chaos and become a wealthy power-broker in the process. No one’s safe, not even 13-year-old Sam (Javon Walker), Joe’s neighbor. Schut ( Escape Room, Season of the Witch), the United States, and presumably the rest of the world, teeters on economic and political collapse, with a recession spiraling into a depression, steady gigs difficult, if not impossible, to obtain, and the city’s neighborhoods rocked by crime and violence. In the Granite City of screenwriter Bragi F. The property Stallone and his team found for him, Samaritan, a little-known graphic novel released by a small, almost negligible, publisher, certainly takes advantage of Stallone’s brute-force physicality and his often underrated talent for near-monosyllabic brooding (e.g., the Rambo series), but too often gives him to little do or say as the lone super-powered survivor, the so-called “Samaritan” of the title, of a lifelong rivalry with his brother, “Nemesis.” Two brothers entered a fire-ravaged building and while both were presumed dead, one brother did survive (Stallone’s Joe Smith, a garbageman by day, an appliance repairman by night). Maybe in getting a taste of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) with his walk-on role in the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel several years ago, Stallone thought anything Marvel can do, I can do even better (or just as good in the nebulous definition of the word). Unfortunately for Stallone and the audience on the other side of the screen, the derivative, turgid, forgettable results won’t get mentioned in a career retrospective, let alone among the ever-expanding list of must-see entries in a genre already well past its peak.įor Stallone, however, it’s better late than never when it involves the superhero genre. Hitting the three-quarter-century mark usually means a retirement home, a nursing facility, or if you’re lucky to be blessed with relatively good health and savings to match, living in a gated community in Arizona or Florida.įor Sylvester Stallone, however, it means something else entirely: starring in the first superhero-centered film of his decades-long career in the much-delayed Samaritan.

#SUPERMAN KILLS SHAZAM MOVIE#

The “A Christmas Story” sequel on the other hand is sticking with its HBO Max release, which will now take place on November 17th.įinally, an untitled event film has been set for February 10th 2023 whilst “The Nun” sequel has locked down a release date with that movie to open September 8th 2023. The same thing is happening with the “House Party” reboot which is ditching HBO Max for a theatrical run on December 9th this year. The film takes over the “Salem’s Lot” remake slot as that film is no longer dated.Īccording to Bloody Disgusting, the Sam Raimi-produced new “Evil Dead” recently had test screenings that saw a great reaction and this news marks a show of confidence from Warners in the project. Meanwhile, in better news, it turns out the upcoming “Evil Dead Rise” film, which was previously slated to go direct to HBO Max this year, will instead get a theatrical release on April 21st 2023. The other delay is “Shazam!: Fury of the Gods” which was originally set for December this year and will now take over Aquaman’s old March 17th 2023 date. The biggest delay is the James Wan-directed “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” which has been pushed back a massive nine months from March 17th 2023 to December 25th 2023.

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