(courtesy IMP awards)
SNAPSHOT
Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once & for all. Now Black Manta is more formidable than ever, wielding the power of the mythic Black Trident, which unleashes an ancient and malevolent force. To defeat him, Aquaman will turn to his imprisoned brother Orm, the former King of Atlantis, to forge an unlikely alliance. Together, they must set aside their differences in order to protect their kingdom and save Aquaman’s family, and the world, from irreversible destruction. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is once again directed by Australian filmmaker James Wan, director of the films Saw, Dead Silence, Death Sentence, Insidious, The Conjuring, Insidious Chapter 2, Furious 7, The Conjuring 2, DC’s Aquaman, and Malignant, plus a writer and producer on many others (The Nun, Mortal Kombat, Spiral, Archive 81). The screenplay is by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, from a story by James Wan & David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Jason Momoa & Thomas Pa’a Sibbett; based on characters from DC, Aquaman created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger. Produced by Peter Safran, Wan and Rob Cowan. (courtesy First Showing)
I was never one of those boys growing up who loved superheroes.
I didn’t dislike them but they were never really my thing; however, there were three I did love – Wonder Woman (you can thank the gloriously camp ’70s TV series for that), Flash and Aquaman (if I am being gay honest with myself, likely because of the tight red suit and the muscular body respectively) – and so, when an Aquaman movie came out, there was no real choice about seeing it.
It had to happen and it did, and in stark contrast to many DC movies, I actually really enjoyed it, and now there is a second film out and honestly I will here for that too, despite its release falling snack bang in the middle of the ten days I spend happily celebrating Christmas with my and my partner’s families.
Granted, DC does not have a strong track record but a boy who once liked and still likes Aquaman can dream can’t he, and hope that this film will be the superhero film he needs this festive season.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom opens in US on 20 December and Australia & UK on 26 December.