I did not really like the first Shazam. It felt a bit too juvenile and it tried too hard to be funny. But the first movie at least had some heart and a bit of fun, this movie does not have any of that.

If you saw the trailer you know what will happen, you can pretty much recite the entire movie without seeing it. This is very full of cliches, bad writing and many of the family of Shazam's are really bad actors. But my main issue with this movie is how incredibly boring it is. Nothing feels fun, no jokes land, no fights have any stakes, the story is bland and cliche.

The only good things I can say is that the DC tech department have stepped up their game in the past two or three movies. Their FX CGi used to be horrible, now it is not anymore. Perhaps I can give some props that this movie is not the worst I have ever seen, but damn this is so, so boring.

Also, did I mention how boring this is?

I give this a 3/10. Almost feels a bit generous, but most of the movie is not bad-bad, this just lack everything above decent and it is so boring and horribly written with cringe scenes every 2min I cannot stand watching it. If you liked the first one you definitely need to stay away from this one. This is one of the worst superhero movies the past years and definitely the most boring.

Did I mention this is a boring movie?

The only way this movie earned a 6.6 rating is if parents let their children write the reviews.

I enjoyed the first Shazam movie but had low expectations for this one based on the trailer, which was shown infrequently.

Shazam is supposed to have the wisdom of Solomon and if he had exhibited it then maybe this movie would have been better but once again the character plays the fool. He is directionless and must seek help from Mary and Eugene. Freddie was even more insufferable and annoying as he was in the original. The wizard, who has lived thousands of years now acts as if he is as young and stupid as Shazam.

Stupid does not equal funny.

Three Gods seek to recover their lost powers, and remove our budding heroes who've just flowered, in a museum petrify, no way that they can be denied, they've got a dragon, though its temperament's quite dour. At the eye there is an apple made of gold, it's from years and years ago which makes it old, in a fertile baseball park, it leaves a mark and lots of bark, plus some fruit that takes a mythical foothold. It's hard work, when you're ability's enhanced, when in the throes of enduring, adolescence, but with help, and great support, they cavort with fine retort, and demonstrate there's more when you've got a lot less.