Black Panther Film Review

Finished watching Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler and staring Atandwa Kani, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett, Letitia Wright, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis and Martin Freeman. The film opens with the previous Black Panther, T’Chaka (Atandwa Kani) travailing to California to meet with two Wakandan people who are in the country. The film the jumps to shortly after the events of Captain America: Civil War as the current Black Panther, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is with the leader of the Dora Milaje, Okoye (Danai Gurira) as they rescue T’Challa’s ex, Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) from a armed convoy before returning to Wakanda where T’Challa meets with his mother Ramonda (Angela Bassett) and sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) as he prepares for his coronation. Meanwhile in London Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) is a a museum where he along with Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis) as they seal some vibranium from the museum which gains the attention of T’Challa and C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman) when Klaue plans to sell the vibranium. Overall this was an amazing film as brings some amazing character development and intrigue to the main characters which allows them to grow over the course of the film. The film also does an amazing job in making it feel very suspenseful thanks to the cleverly shot action set pieces and the almost unpredictability of the film. There is a great amount of comedy throughout the film that as some great time and never feels out of place due to how good it is. The music from the soundtrack to score itself is amazing as it helps to set the tone of the film and works perfectly for the different locations within the film as well. 9/10.