Film Review - Shazam Fury of the Gods (2023)

Shazam Fury of the Gods is the new DC film and the second Shazam film, David Sandberg returns to direct as does Zachary Levi as Shazam who this time along with his makeshift Shazam family must contend with the daughters of Atlas the Greek God (Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren) who seek the staff of their father so they can reclaim their former glory meanwhile a new girl at school Anne (Rachel Zegler) catches the attention of Freddie (Jack Dylan Grazer.)

In terms of recent superhero movies Shazam 2 is much better than Ant Man or Black Adam or Dr Strange or Thor from last year and sits behind Black Panther 2 as the superhero movie I’ve enjoyed and this isn’t a great one like Superman the Movie or X-Men 1 and 2 or Avengers Infinity War and Endgame but like Cocaine Bear recently it does what it says on the cover in the video shop.

And this is a fun movie, it has plenty of action and comedy and superheroics all of which are good fun for the most part and unlike most of these movies some fun villains and Liu and Mirren are the highlights of this movie for me, Mirren in particular seems to be enjoying herself here and sure she’s probably doing this because she’s been in lockdown for a good year or 2 and wants to make some money but she’s had a great career and deserves to have fun once in a while.

As for the rest of the film like I said it clips along at a good pace, the main hero actors are fine in their roles and the action is exciting even if it stops at one point for what looks like a Skittles commercial without Danny Glover in it but its nothing you really haven’t seen before but its been better than what you’ve seen recently.

And so that was Shazam Fury of the Gods and its fine, perfectly entertaining and does what it says on the cover but you won’t think of it as one of the best superhero films, 3 out of 5.