A great tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman that continues the saga of The Black Panther. This one is available streaming now, and physically on DVD, Blu-ray and 4k UHD.
“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.”
The sequel to one of biggest hits for the MCU is now available streaming digitally or for purchase on Blu-ray and 4k UHD. Tragedies happen in the film industry that leaves a production scrambling with what to do next, which is exactly what happened after the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman in 2020. Undoubtedly, the entire course of the Black Panther series and the character itself was irrecoverably changed because of this, with the film and its direction being a bittersweet journey that focuses on Shuri (Letitia Wright) coming to terms with her brother’s death and her place in the world.
Besides the fallout from King T’Challa’s demise from an unknown illness which has sent signals of weakness to the rest of the world, we get to see more of the rest of the world’s reaction to the unveiling of Wakanda’s true power, which is substantially greater than any other nation on Earth. The hunger for Vibranium has infected what used to be the world’s superpowers, and new techniques developed to search for more. This leads to the discovery of an ancient underwater civilization, Talokan, which was transformed by a Vibranium rich meteor, much like Wakanda. Their leader, Namor (Tenoch Huerta), blaming Wakanda for revealing the power of the mineral, proposes an alliance to fight the outside world with Wakanda, or else be the first casualties of an oncoming war.
If someone would have explained the villains in the film are blue-people who live underwater whose leader has tiny wings on his feet I would have rolled my eyes so hard they would’ve fallen out. However, I actually found myself enjoying the mythology of the origin of the Talokans and really respecting the hard, but wrong choice Namor is faced with over the exposure of his race. With the risk of them being a lesser version of the Atlanteans, there were aspects of this race I thoroughly enjoyed quite a bit more.
While we may never know what the story would have been with Chadwick Boseman, we first have to go through another origin story of Shuri becoming the new Black Panther. Letitia Wright does a pretty good job in the film, however, I do think she was better suited as the tech-savvy whiz-kid. That being said, her taking up the mantle of Black Panther comes out of necessity to protect her people, and after the ending, it’s hard to predict which direction it will go. Regardless if she continues to be The Black Panther, the film is a great tribute to Boseman that writes the death of the character with respect and compassion.
We were given a digital code to review this film, which is now available to purchase digitally and on DVD, Blu-ray and 4k that contains several featurettes and deleted scenes, with superior video and audio, something that cannot be accurately reviewed based on internet connections. After seeing the film on 4k, I would highly recommend picking up the physical copy to add to your Marvel collection.
