Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - MOVIE REVIEW

Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 1:58 p.m.

Hey everyone, the sequel to the 2018 $1B-dollar grossing Aquaman has now released and apparently, it is the final film of the DCEU and the current era of DC films... before James Gunn's DCU kicks off with Max's Creature Commandos in 2024. The first film in the DCU will be Gunn's Superman: Legacy. Getting back to Aquaman, I highly enjoyed the first movie and have really dug the trailers for this sequel but the rumors of extensive plot reworking and poor test screenings over the past two years have had me concerned. So, does James Wan deliver yet another over the top, bombastic blockbuster or does the DCEU end on a ginormous fizzle? Find out in this NON-SPOILER review.\nAquaman and the Lost Kingdom:\nDirected by: James Wan\nScreenplay by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick\nStory by: James Wan & David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Jason Momoa & Thomas Pa'a Sibbett\nAquaman created by: Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris\nProduced by: Rob Cowan, Peter Safran, James Wan\nExecutive Producers: Michael Clear, Walter Hamada, Galen Vaisman\nMusic by: Rupert Gregson-Williams\nCinematography by: Don Burgess\nEditing by: Kirk M. Morri\nCasting by: Anna McCarthy, Kellie Roy, Lucinda Syson\nProduction Design by: Bill Brzeski, Sahby Mehalla\nCostume Design by: Richard Sale\nCast: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman\nSynopsis: Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father\u2019s death and wielding the power of the mythic Black Trident, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all. To defeat him, Aquaman must turn to his imprisoned brother Orm, the former King of Atlantis, to forge an unlikely alliance in order to save the world from irreversible\xa0destruction.