Shazam Review: Wham, Bam and Shazam!

After a long hiatus, DC is  finally here with their Superhero movie, 'Shazam', directed by David Sandberg and stars Asher Angel, Zachary Levi in the lead roles who are ably supported by Jack Grazer, Mark Strong and Djimon Hounsou among the rest. Of lately, DC seems to have got back on track. Has it really got back on track, let's find that out.

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Whats's Good: Performances: Levi and Strong's performances are amazing and one of the major regions to watch this movie. Humor: One of the best aspects of Shazam is its subtle humor and the actors' comic timing. CGI and VFX: The CGI and VFX are far better than what they offered us in Justice League and Aquaman. 

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What's Bad: Story: The origin story of Shazam is pretty interesting but then logic goes a bit out of the window. Screenplay: The movie is pretty stretched and what could have been done in 100 minutes is stretched to 132 minutes.

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Shazam! is surely one of DC's better movies in spite of loopholes in the story and screenplay but certainly Shazam! does fulfill the purpose for which movies were made: Entertainment and it has bundles of it! I am going with 3.5 stars for DC's latest offering. It's a good movie if you are looking for entertainment.

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P.S. Just say the word at the ticket windows!

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