Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (黑豹2:瓦干達萬歲) is an 2022 film. The movie stars Letitia Wright and Tenoch Huerta. The supporting cast include Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Dominique Thorne, Mabel Cadena, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Angela Bassett. This movie is a direct sequel to Black Panther (黑豹) from 2018. Due to the blip, there's an extra 5 years added to the timeline that hasn't been fully explained yet. The movie does address T'Challa's, played by Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther's passing since the last movie. Chadwick Boseman shows up in flashback footage. Michael B. Jordan also makes a cameo appearance.
A year after the blip, Black Panther is brought back, but is now dying from an incurable disease. Shuri is seen trying to figure out the DNA strain for a cure. But it is too late. A year later, at an UN council, the US and France representatives ask when Wakanda plans to share its vibrannium. To which, they reject them and bring in mercenaries whom tried to steal vibrannium from a Wakanda outreach center. When the US gains a machine that can detect vibrannium, they find it in ocean, but are attacked. Wakanda is blamed, but we come to find out that it is the people group from the waters, led by Namor. Can the two nations play nice or will they battle it out?
Coming into the movie, the month of November seemed to be promos for Black Panther everywhere. I got so into the hype that the movie was a bit of a let down. I felt the same for the first movie too, Black Panther (黑豹). But it is a Marvel film and it delivers a good movie. Might not be great, but very good for sure. I was at the edge of my seat while watching and researched the movie afterwards.
I have a gripe with the ending scene. We’re use to the mid credit and end credit scenes for Marvel movies. To prime us for the next thing, the next storyline. This was just an scene from the last scene, extended. Sad. They couldn’t have done something different? My daughter thinks the movie was so serious that a traditional post credit scene would have lessened the movie. I have started to lean that way.
Go watch the movie. It is Marvel at it’s finest. It deserves a watch on the big scene before you see it on Disney+ next month. For me, once will be enough.
