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Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom

2023

James Wan

Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II ...

4.9

5,252

Fantasy. Action. Sci-Fi Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father's death and wielding the power of the mythic Black Trident, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all. To defeat him, Aquaman must turn to his imprisoned brother Orm, the former King of Atlantis, to forge an unlikely alliance in order to save the world from irreversible destruction.

	Author	Review
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"The movie neither sinks nor swims: It’s aggressively fine, floating along as a breezy enough outing – and a brotherly one – without any particularly spectacular strokes (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Simon Thompson The Playlist	"It’s a shame that 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' is the final part of the DCEU because more of this would have been welcome. On the other hand, the DCEU gets to go out on a high note and in style"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"The most numbingly moronic film of 2023 (...) This sequel to 2018's poor original looks hideous and sounds ridiculous (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"For the most part Wan sticks to the video-game aesthetic of his first film (...) Momoa approaches his character with the same charming and goofy wit"	NEU
Canada	Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"Washing ashore after years of behind-the-scenes drama and reshoot rigmaroles, 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' cannot help but feel like the quack-iest of lame-duck sequels (...) The story is, as suspected, nothing special"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The movie, with all that combat, is staged on an impressively grand scale by the returning director, James Wan, but at the same time there’s something glumly standard about it."	NEU
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"There are some good ones in here, choreographed, framed and edited with Wan's characteristic clarity (...) Kidman, Morrison, Lundgren, Abdul-Mateen and other supporting players exhibit such poker-faced commitment to the story throughout (...) This is a fun ride (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"This floundering sequel lacks the sense of discovery and depth of vision that made James Wan's previous 'Aquaman' so much fun"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"What once felt like a necessary countermeasure to DC’s reign of superhero seriousness now feels slight (...) Aquaman rules his domain, but that kingdom is not as glimmering as it once was"	NEU
United States	Olivia McCormack The Washington Post	"A superhero sequel that lands like a draft version, not a finished product (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"[It] is actually the worst DC movie yet (...) A franchise farewell so underwhelming, nary a tear will be shed over its passing"	NEG
United States	Matthew Jackson AV Club	"It’s the kind of film that wants to leave everything it has out on the field, and that produces a kinetic, often scattered, but nonetheless entertaining popcorn movie that truly gives us everything it has, and then some"	POS
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"With 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom', we get the best and worst of the DCEU, but also a reminder that there’s still hope for these characters, with a bit more focus"	NEU
United States	William Bibbiani The Wrap	"James Wan’s superhero choppy, unsatisfying superhero sequel ends the franchise on a low note"	NEG
United States	Amelia Emberwing IGN	"[It] shines as a buddy comedy, but gets dragged down by shoddy effects and a dull first act"	NEU
United States	Rafael Motamayor SlashFilm	"When the plot gets going and we're on a road trip through fantastical locations, the movie becomes a fun ride. It's not as good as the original, but it is still one of the better superhero films of the year"	POS
United Kingdom	Nicholas Barber BBC	"An unremarkable sequel (...) that never attempts anything original or honest (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Jesse Hassenger Paste Magazine	"'Aquaman left it all on the ocean floor; its sequel can only work harder for slightly less fun, and the rest of its universe can hardly compete."	NEU
United States	Siddhant Adlakha Mashable	"[It] is ugly in appearance, and dispiriting in its conception of a fun character inhabiting a potentially whimsical world. It’s a nothing movie for no one"	NEG
United States	Mark Hughes Forbes	"Good but not great"	NEU
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Yet more evidence that the superhero movie industry is foundering comes from this shoddy, scraped-from-the-bottom-of-an-ocean-trench sequel (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"It’s a failure no matter how you judge it"	NEG
Canada	Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"[It] is as goofy and adventurous as the first movie, but tries too hard for a seriousness it can never achieve with Jason Momoa (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"A buddy comedy waterlogged with boring villains and underwhelming visuals (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	John Serba Decider	"It’s a lesser experience than the first 'Aquaman', which was mediocre-plus"	NEG
United States	Justin Clark Slant	"The film hits its plot milestones as fast as humanly possible, cohesion or depth be damned (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG

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