Storyline
King T'Challa returns home from America to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantel to join with girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Directors
Cast
Andy Serkis, Sterling K. Brown, Stan Lee, Daniel Kaluuya, Isaac Phillips, Angela Bassett, Sebastian Stan, Denzel Whitaker, Forest Whitaker, Michael B. Jordan, Alexis Rhee, Martin Freeman, Isaach De Bankolé, John Kani, David S. Lee, Danai Gurira, Joseph Akharoh Jr., Mark Ashworth, Letitia Wright, Chadwick Boseman, Danny Sapani, Sope Aluko, Shad Gaspard, Lupita Nyong'o, Jeremy Sample, Bambadjan Bamba, Sydelle Noel, Florence Kasumba, Tony Sears, William Cowboy Reed, Tahseen Ghauri, Alex Hibbert, Lidya Jewett, Ashton Tyler, William Walker, Emelita T. Gonzalez, Apollo GT, Alona Leoine, David Dunston, Amechi Okocha, Jénel Stevens, Winston Duke, Seth Carr, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Danny Chung, Lucy Hockings, Atandwa Kani, Connie Chiume, Dorothy Steel, Marija Abney, Maria Hippolyte, Marie Mouroum, Zola Williams, Christine Hollingsworth, Nabiyah Be, Michael David Yuhl, Elizabeth Elkins, Raven Wynn, Francesca Faridany, Roland Kilumbu, Timothy Carr, James Siderits, Travis Love, Kinley Fleurejuste, Ofu Obekpa, Michael R. Ciminna, John Y Lee, Byron Coolie, Stanley Aughtry, Raenen Golez, Leo De Rivera, Tevin Beech, Tari Omoro, Andrea Antonio Canal, Josue Louis-Charles, Trevor Noah, Jamel Chambers
Trailer
Reviews
100
While the themes are deep, Black Panther is at the same time a visual joy to behold, with confident quirkiness (those aforementioned war rhinos), insane action sequences and special effects, and the glorious reveal of Wakanda, whose culture is steeped in African influences but which also offers a jaw-dropping look at what a city of the future could be.
91
[Coogler] infuses nearly every frame with soul and style, and makes the radical case that a comic-book movie can actually have something meaningful — beyond boom or kapow or America — to say. In that context, Panther’s nuanced celebration of pride and identity and personal responsibility doesn’t just feel like a fresh direction for the genre, it’s the movie’s own true superpower.
90
IGN
Black Panther delivers the goods as an adventure film, a political statement, and a cultural celebration. It shakes off a sluggish start thanks to a memorable cast of characters going up against Marvel’s best-realized villain in almost a decade.
90
Unusually grounded for a Marvel superhero epic, and unusually gripping.
88
When Black Panther works, it’s thrillingly alive, whether it’s the dazzling colors of the vivid costumes by Ruth E. Carter (“Selma”)...or the eclectic and vibrant music choices.
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