Black Panther II: Wakanda Forever – 5

For an action movie directed at the short-attention-span generation, this was one slow film. Every scene between fights dragged on; as for the predictable fights, they were without visceral emotion and internal logic, as was the rest of the film. Deep looks of concern and longing mainly recalled their comic book source. The ending was one long hint of a sequel to come, which I will be glad to avoid. On the plus side, I was happy to see Richard Schiff and Julia Louis-Dreyfus representing the White establishment, and Wakanda gets my Oscar vote for costume design.