Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Shazam Fury of the Gods has fun actions scenes and a great main character but often feels held back by a reliance on CGI and bad comedy.

The change in personality between Billy and Shazam feels too great to the point where it feels like the movie is fighting with itself over what they want this character to be. In many ways, they fall into the problem of a lot of comic book and movie action scenes nowadays in they’re decently shot and choreographed but with an overreliance on CGI and lack of internal weight to make the fights feel meaningful. You have Billy Batson struggling with grounded home life issues but Shazam is far more arrogant, whimsical, and of course with constant quips, and yes, several of these quips come right in the middle of emotional moments to disrupt the tension. Outside of this, the movie was solid overall. Once again they don’t get a lot of development but each adult actor does pretty well at trying to act like a child as an adult with a particular shout-out to Meagan Good as the super version of Darla Dudley, Billy’s younger sister, who acting is simply precious. They also help bolster the theme of family as all three are able to act like real sisters standing up for each other but having their own set of discourse that needs to be sorted out. Billy and his family are thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives, and the fate of their world. Some of the best parts of the film are with Asher Angel as the young Billy Batson, even if he doesn’t get a lot of screen time. As with the first movie, Zachary Levi is still great as the big red bruiser that is Shazam. The other kids don’t have as much to do but they still deliver all-around good acting. Asher is able to put a lot of sympathy and relatability into Billy’s struggles as he wants to maintain the life he has but knows it can’t last. [DC movies](https://www.dc.com/movies) were still trying to figure out what direction they wanted to go, the 2019 Shazam in many ways took the best elements of their rivals at [Marvel](https://www.gamerbraves.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-review-a-darker-and-refreshingly-unique-new-marvel-movie/).

Shazam! Fury of the Gods may not pull the heartstrings like its predecessor, but there's no shortage of the chaotic good humor and energetic performances ...

The lack of focus on its lead character works against Fury of the Gods throughout, but it’s a testament to the strong foundation this movie’s built on that the assembled ensemble is able to share some of that burden. Even in the face of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s impending DCU reboot, Fury of the Gods tells its own story on its own terms, and the missteps it makes along the way at least feel part and parcel with the efforts of a team trying to forge their own path – both in front of and behind the camera. There’s not much to dislike about Grazer’s performance in a vacuum, but it’s what Fury of the Goes is missing as a result of its focus on him that leaves Freddy’s exuberance a double-edged sword. As for Levi’s embodiment of Shazam, the word that rings loudest here is “consistent.” The boyishness of Billy Batson still comes through clear in Levi’s performance, but his occasional melancholy self-doubt isn’t much of a substitute for the comedic goldmine of Billy learning how to be both an adult and a superhero last time. It’s Grazer’s horrified reaction to an especially callous act of violence inflicted on a friend that grounds the Daughters’ malice in something recognizable after a first act which mostly sees them operating in the background. Moments where the kids come up with goofy solves for Serious Problems are gratifying, but Fury of the Gods’ action starts to feel a little tiresome going into the third act, where samey mythological creatures are dropped in to essentially distract the heroes who get less screen time while Shazam gets to do the monologuing with the villains.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods Movie Review Rating: Star Cast: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, Meagan Good, ...

All said and done, Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania made Marvel look more like DC and Shazam! [Marvel](https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumanias-script-leak-leads-to-marvel-shutting-down-the-biggest-mcu-spoilers-group-on-reddit-its-mod-says-the-mouse-disney-always-wins/) to DC, Christophe Beck is here again after Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, and it’s clear he’s exposing himself a little too much than required. Rachel Zegler, as Anne, gets involved in one of the most dragging tracks of the film, not getting much to explore despite having a good amount of screen time. Henry Gayden (Shazam!) & Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious) are the two writers inculcating the exact two flavours into the story they know and have mastered. Shazam infused superpowers into his foster family as well, and you’ll get no points for guessing who’ll be on his side to fight the fury of the gods. Yeah, that belonged to the goddesses, and hence they’re here to unleash their fury upon the gullible laymen (& women) of the planet Earth.

Zachary Levi reprises his role as a teen-turned-superhero leading his team of brothers and sisters against a new threat in Shazam! Fury of t...

Fury of the Gods. Directed by David F. Fury of the Gods'

REVIEW: Only two hours after I saw it, I had forgotten almost everything about it, except for the things that irritated me.

The Fury of the Gods is a rushed, ugly and pointless film. As I walked out, after the credits, all I could think was how regressive and pointless everything had been. The scenario and most of the dialogue seemed straight out the Paw Patrol movie and I settled in for what promised to be a tough couple of hours. The VFX in Fury of the Gods are not the problem. The writer describes an industry in which the hours are impossible and the pressure to perform is unbearable. If you type "Pixel" and then one of those words you can't put in the newspaper that starts with an F, you'll find it soon enough.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods starring Zachary Levi and Helen Mirren will release on March 17 in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages.

“The kids who are teased and bullied—are the ones who become the superheroes, who can fly, who can do wonderful things and try to make the planet a better place,” she said. According to Levi, the unique combination of superheroes and Greek gods was a ‘great fit’. The sequel to the 2019 film Shazam will see the return of [Zachary Levi](https://www.pinkvilla.com/topic/zachary-levi) as Shazam, the irreverent, but sincere teen-turned-superhero who must harness his extraordinary superpower with his ‘Shazamily’ to face off against the Daughters of Atlas. Fury of the Gods](https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/shazam-fury-of-the-gods-review-zachary-levi-and-jack-grazer-steals-the-show-perfect-superhero-sequel-1212733) is all set to hit the theatres this Friday, March 17. Fury of the Gods starring Zachary Levi and Helen Mirren will release on March 17 in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages. Shazam!

Can the latest DCEU sequel electrify audiences and set the stage for the rest of WBD's superhero slate to fly high this year?

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is a fun, exciting film, but it seems to have disappointed a lot of fans of the previous films who preferred the smaller, more personal stakes, while folks who didn’t care as much for the first two films seem uninterested in Ant-Man taking on more Avengers-level threats and squaring off in settings more commonly found in other Marvel franchises. Fury of the Gods is headed for a softer debut than the studio wants, and on the heels of so many DCEU movies failing to reach even $400 million the past few years, WBD and DC Studios need to do whatever they can to help Fury of the Gods perform higher. Fury of the Gods, setting up a showdown with Shazam, Superman, and Black Adam in another film. Now imagine if Black Adam had made Cavill’s scene a bit longer, or gave him a second scene earlier as Clark Kent, and then included quick shots of Clark and Superman in the trailer. Fury of the Gods hopes for a high-end outcome in the vicinity of $40 million domestic and $50+ million internationally. franchise and the tie-in Black Adam film tried to get Dwayne Johnson’s villain-protagonist/anti-hero to do a cameo in the first Shazam!

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It’s rated PG-13 and is being released by Warner Bros., like CNN, a unit of Warner Bros. Mirren obviously isn’t a snob about choosing roles these days, mixing in pop-culture staples like the “Fast & Furious” series in addition to her more Dame-like endeavors. Fury of the Gods” premieres March 17 in US theaters. Sandberg, from a script by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan, the film exhibits the same affection for the comics and all things pertaining to the DC universe as its predecessor. Yet without giving anything away, the two closing-credit sequences almost perfectly sum up how the movie falls flat, with each feeling too cute for its own good in slightly different ways. [Zachary Levi)](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/entertainment/zachary-levi-shazam/index.html) and experience “Big”-like exultation in discovering and exploring his powers, helped by the first-in-line-at-Comic-Con knowledge of his foster brother Freddy (Jack Dylan Grazer).

'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' is the 12th installment in the DCEU, and the first to be released since James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios.

producer Peter Safran](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-movies-james-gunn-peter-safran-1235259792/) were named co-heads of DC Studios, home to some of the most iconic superheroes in comic book history (beginning with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman). Cotrona) and Mary (Grace Caroline Currey, playing both the regular and superhero versions of her character with a change of hairstyle). Naturally, defeating the villains is up to Billy Batson, aka Shazam (Asher Angel/ Should Fury of the Gods actually come in at $35 million it could also raise concerns about superhero fatigue. According to prerelease tracking, the superhero pic is expected to start off with $35 million-plus in North America, compared to the $53.5 million domestic debut of Shazam! No major Hollywood studios sets out to make a sequel that doesn’t match the first, leaving many to wonder whether tracking is being too conservative in this instance. Fury of the Gods](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/shazam-fury-of-the-gods/) from a script by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan. [Helen Mirren](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/helen-mirren/), Lucy Liu and, in her first film since her breakout role in Spielberg’s [West Side Story](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/west-side-story-steven-spielberg-1235056068/), [Rachel Zegler](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/rachel-zegler/). 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Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Written by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan. Starring Zachary Levi, Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu.

And because this films central hero has, by design, a childlike sense of wonder baked into his character, the movie is heavy on big-hearted optimism and teamwork-makes-the-dreamwork enthusiasm, not exhausting, mournful cynicism. Sandberg’s sequel finds Philadelphia hero Billy Batson (Asher Angel) struggling to balance his two hectic lives: the normal everyday one in which he’s a smart-alecky teenager hanging out with his large and diverse foster family, and the other in which he utters the magic word “Shazam!” and is transformed into a full-grown man (played by Zachary Levi) with the powers of flight, superstrength, laser eyes et cetera. The experience of watching this new Shazam!

There's an exasperating trend in superhero movies that has reached the end of its shelf life and needs to be chucked. Back in the 2010s, a light touch on ...

Here’s hoping this is not only Shazam’s last outing, but the nail in the coffin of the smarmy superhero as well. A Wolf Blitzer chyron reading “Philadelphia trapped under strange dome” is the only true laugh of the movie, an unintentional one at that. It is ugly, noisy and poorly written (the script is by Henry Gayden and “Fast & Furious” writer Chris Morgan), which is a shame, because director Sandberg has churned out some reliably inspired genre gems, like “Lights Out” and “Annabelle: Creation.” But "Fury of the Gods," which boasts an almost laughably random cast (Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and Rachel Zegler play a trio of goddess sisters, the daughters of Atlas), is excruciating. The biggest problem with his performance is that it’s completely out of step with his younger counterpart, which was an issue in the first film too. Levi’s performance may be the crown jewel of nonsense swirling at the center of “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and you’ll find that this overly jokey approach is well past its expiration date.