Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.

  • Released: 2023-06-01
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
  • Stars: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Grace Caroline Currey, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Lucy Liu, Helen Mirren, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Ross Butler, D.J. Cotrona, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, Djimon Hounsou, Patrick Reidy, P.J. Byrne, Kelvin Hodge, Rizwan Manji, Chloe Camp, Gal Gadot
  • Director: David F. Sandberg
 Comments
  • auskooper - 26 June 2024
    Shazam! Fury of the Gods
    Shazam! Furu of the Gods is the sequel to 2019's Shazam! And carries out the comedy aspects from it. If anything, don't expect anything to be too serious.

    It has the original hero Billy Batson trying to keep everyone together after his foster siblings all got Shazam! Powers. After what happened with Sivana in the first film, they got the attention of the daughters of Atlas, of whom believe the Shazamily stole from the gods. That brings some interesting dynamics to the table as the Shazamily is a bunch of kids with the powers of 6 gods and they're going against 3 goddesses who are likely hundreds or thousands of years old, making them way older.

    It does have the humor of the first one, but at times seems like it's way goofier with some seriousness hidden beneath it. If the first was already too goofy for you, this is definitely not for you.

    I find that Shazam! Does deserve to become a trilogy but with the box office/ratings and the whole reboot to the DC live action universe, a third seems unlikely.

    I like this one like the first one but I definitely prefer the first.
  • lesunra - 7 February 2024
    This entire genre is played out.
    It's pretty bad when a movie gets me thinking ALL superhero movies have run their course. It's not a stretch to think that after The Flash, Marvels that last Ant-Man and this failed to make any real impact on anyone. I guess it will take studios a couple more years to realize the public just might be moving on from people in tights trying to be entertaining but failing to accomplish that.

    Shazam! Was a fun comic. A tongue in cheek superhero who stumbles into his powers and never really changes the personality he always had. A good excuse for light hearted entertainment and the comic was successful for it. So any comic that had a successful run must have a movie made now, right? Heck, unsuccessful comics get movies! Ant-Man was the superhero reject in the 60s and 70s because the comic didn't sell well. How many movies does that have? 3. Who asked for that???

    Anyway, what we know about Shazam! Was explored fully enough in the first movie. That was a good one. This one is a caricature of that one. The CGI is flashy and sound effects are noisy enough to try and distract from noticing how mediocre the story is.

    I know people cite politics for a reason alot of these movies aren't resonating with the public like the better ones already made in the past 15 years but I think it's market saturation and fatigue on the part of the viewing audience. How many more new ones are we supposed to care about before we just feel like rewatching the good ones that started this craze?