Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Directed by Ryan Coogler
Produced byKevin Feige, Nate Moore
Screenplay by Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole
Based on Black Panther by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Dominique Thorne, Florence Kasumba, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman&Angela Bassett.
Costume design: Mobolaji Dawodu
Edited by Michael P. Shawver, Kelley Dixon, Jennifer Lame
Cinematography:Autumn DuraldArkapaw
Music by Ludwig Göransson
Production Companies: Marvel Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The plot: Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with Nakia and Everett Ross to forge a new path for their beloved kingdom.
I was anticipating for this sequel.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was very good.
Pros: This sequel did work with showing the emotional weight of losing their king, and also you feel the drama going on as well. Wakanda itself looks breathtaking in this film. Letitia Wright and Angela Bassett were my two standout performances from the movie. Namor was pretty good as the antagonist and the action sequences were quite brutal at times.
Cons: A lot of the American characters didn’t work for me. I didn’t like that bit in the film where namor referred to himself as a mutant, and please don’t judge this sequel the wrong way, I feel it is not a feminist film but a show of how things can carry on when a love one has died. I didn’t get to see the post-credits scene at the cinema.
Cast & Characters:
- Letitia Wright as Shuri / Black Panther:
The princess of Wakanda who designs new technology for the nation. Wright was given a larger role in the film following the death of Chadwick Boseman, who starred in previous MCU media as Shuri’s older brother T’Challa / Black Panther. - Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia:
A former War Dog, an undercover spy for Wakanda, from the River Tribe. Nyong’o said Nakia has “matured” following both the Blip and the death of T’Challa, explaining that her character’s “priorities have shifted and sharpened” while adding that Nakia still remains “the one you want to call when you’re in trouble”. - Danai Gurira as Okoye:
The general of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda’s all-female special forces. Okoye later takes on the mantle of the Midnight Angels, along with Aneka. It is revealed in the film that Okoye’s husband, W’Kabi, was imprisoned following the events of Black Panther (2018). - Winston Duke as M’Baku:
A powerful warrior and leader of Wakanda’s mountain tribe, the Jabari. Duke indicated that following the Jabari’s involvement in the events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), the tribe is no longer isolated from the rest of Wakanda. He also felt M’Baku was trying to figure “out how to move forward” in this new world for Wakanda, much like many in the real world were trying to do in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. - Florence Kasumba as Ayo: A member and the second-in-command who later becomes the general of the Dora Milaje after Okoye is stripped of her duties. She is romantically involved with Aneka.
- Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams:
An MIT student and genius inventor from Chicago who creates a suit of Armor that rivals the one built by Tony Stark / Iron Man. - Michaela Coel as Aneka:
A Wakandan warrior and member of the Dora Milaje. Aneka later takes upon the mantle of the Midnight Angels, along with Okoye. Aneka is romantically involved with Ayo. - Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor:
The king of Talokan, an ancient civilization of underwater dwelling people, who refer to him as the feathered serpent god K’uk’ulkan. - Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross: An agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who has previous ties to Wakanda.
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine: The new director of the CIA and the former wife of Ross.
- Angela Bassett as Ramonda:
The Sovereign Queen Mother of Wakanda who is grieving the death of her son T’Challa.
I highly recommend this sequel to everyone.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.