The Rock-starrer Black Adam review: The mythic villain-hero of the DC

Dwayne Johnson has slipped back into stretchy fabric as Black Adam, the ambiguous mythic villain-hero of the DC Extended Universe

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He is the once and future king of the mysterious made-up Middle Eastern land of Kahndaq.

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And he is now sensationally reborn into a modern world where ordinary Kahndaqians are longing for someone to liberate them.

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Johnson’s massive bulk, planet-sized head and sly gift for deadpan humour all make him a great superhero.

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Where most men his age have a fold of fat across their gut, Johnson has one along the back of his skull.

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