Chandreyee Chatterjee writing for Telegraph India says, “It’s been a long time since I’ve said ‘this is the best Marvel movie ever’. I definitely haven’t felt compelled to say so for any of the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) Phase Four. Till today. And for a superhero film that is, at its heart, about the absence of one particular superhero.”
That should tell us something about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever that was released in cinemas on 11 November 2022.
On NDTV.com, Saibal Chatterjee reflects (amid some criticism): “In the absence of the male superhero, it is the women of Wakanda who take charge. One of them assumes the mantle of superhero. Who that turns out to be isn’t much of a surprise. The actors playing these women are in their elements and serve to lift parts of the film to a level that is out of the ordinary.”
The official trailer should help one reflect on the matter.
This edition of the franchise, coming as it does after a hiatus and in the absence of the star of the original (2018) owing to his death, is proof that creativity works. So what if the star died (RIP Chadwick Boseman)? Here’s an alternative storyline.
As Jake Wilson from The Sydney Morning Herald says: “Even when everything changes, nothing does. Yet if Wakanda Forever is Marvel striving to stay on course, it’s also a genuine departure from almost everything that has preceded it, and for that reason alone, should be seen.”
