There are several fun, beautiful fight and chase scenes, including a few that look like something directly created by Marvel visionary Jack Kirby (two words: Battle Whales). The story itself is a deep look at what it takes to heal from trauma, both immediate and historical, and the lengths we will go to keep the ones we love safe. The locations of both Wakanda and Talokan are dripping with beautiful cultural imagery.
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I don’t want to dive too deep into the plot of the film, as it builds upon itself in a way that makes it very difficult to single out specific themes and scenes without spoiling them, or delivering void of context, but the movie itself is a strong entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Talokan’s king, Namor, has made it his life’s purpose to keep Talokan hidden from the rest of the world, no matter what, which puts him directly at odds with Wakanda. The biggest difference is this world resides under the sea. Talokan, in the same vein as Wakanda, is a version of Incan/Aztec/Mayan culture, had it been untouched by European colonizers. As we move forward in this new world, we find that the rest of the world has used T’challa’s death to search for alternate sources of Vibranium, hoping to box Wakanda out of its main export.Īside from the meditation on grief and healing, one of the more interesting things this entry into the Wakandan saga does is paint a parallel between the Afro-futurist world of Wakanda and the Underwater Mezo-American world of Talokan (for reference, this place is called Atlantis in the comics, but in order to avoid confusion between this and the world of DC’s Aquaman, it was renamed for the movie). Angela Bassett’s Queen Ramonda has dedicated herself to showing the world that Wakanda is not to be underestimated in the wake of T’Challa’s passing, Winston Duke’s M’baku (as well as the rest of the Jabari tribe) has reintegrated themselves into the day-to-day affairs of Wakanda, and Letitia Wright’s Shuri has thrown herself into her technology work, nearly shunning the rest of her family and Wakandan society. When the film jumps forward a year in time, we get to see how Wakanda has changed without its Panther and its king. As time runs out, we see her shoulder not just the blame for her brother’s death, but ultimately his responsibility for the safety and well-being of Wakanda as a whole. The film wastes no time addressing the elephant in the room, opening on a frantic Shuri, trying to synthetically replicate the fabled Heart-Shaped Herb that gives the Black Panther his abilities. Ultimately, this loss somehow works to the benefit of the film itself, as the grief and sorrow the cast felt about the loss of Chadwick bleeds through into the way their characters feel the loss of T’Challa.
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