Wakanda is a fictional African country, with riches and knowledge and technology beyond imagination. All this thanks to the widespread availability of Earth's most powerful metal, Vibranium.
But Wakanda's a well kept secret. Nobody knows of its existence🤫 and the shut-out country thus enjoys its Utopian bliss.
However, is it morally ok to sit back and watch as the rest of the world destroys itself? Or, is it just to intervene, because you have the moral and resourceful upper hand? These are the big questions Wakanda faces, under the leadership of T'Challa aka Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman)👁
The film is full of winning combinations:
seductive and spunky actors - T'Challa's self-doubt make him more endearing; Letitia Wright is razor-sharp as T'Challa's sister Shuri; the warrior Okoye (Danai Gurira) probably deserves her own spin-off films; Lupita N'yongo is a force T'Challa will reckon with; Michael B Jordan as the villain Erik Killmonger does justice to his screen name.
spectacular camerawork - cinematographer Rachel Morrison makes this a dizzying ride to be on
stunning costumes - armour hidden in neck-pieces and weapons disguised as clothes🧥, WOW!
spirited narration - there's not one moment in the film, where you might anticipate another superhero's cameo
Black Panther is an important film, sure. It's the first mostly-Black-led cast for a superhero film. But, it's a swagger-licious film too🤩. It's cool, clever and because of an overdose of superficial superhero films in recent times, also cathartic