Hey everyone, the sequel to the 2018 $1B-dollar grossing Aquaman has now released and apparently, it is the final film of the DCEU and the current era of DC films... before James Gunn's DCU kicks off with Max's Creature Commandos in 2024. The first film in the DCU will be Gunn's Superman: Legacy. Getting back to Aquaman, I highly enjoyed the first movie and have really dug the trailers for this sequel but the rumors of extensive plot reworking and poor test screenings over the past two years have had me concerned. So, does James Wan deliver yet another over the top, bombastic blockbuster or does the DCEU end on a ginormous fizzle? Find out in this NON-SPOILER review.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom:
Directed by: James Wan
Screenplay by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Story by: James Wan & David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Jason Momoa & Thomas Pa'a Sibbett
Aquaman created by: Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris
Produced by: Rob Cowan, Peter Safran, James Wan
Executive Producers: Michael Clear, Walter Hamada, Galen Vaisman
Music by: Rupert Gregson-Williams
Cinematography by: Don Burgess
Editing by: Kirk M. Morri
Casting by: Anna McCarthy, Kellie Roy, Lucinda Syson
Production Design by: Bill Brzeski, Sahby Mehalla
Costume Design by: Richard Sale
Cast: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman
Synopsis: 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.