Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

This soulful sequel teams an emotional tribute to late star Chadwick Boseman with some spectacular visual action. A maturity milestone for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring Angela Bassett and Winston Duke.

Kind of a mixed bag, but worth seeing if you liked the first one.

The MCU’s mechanics are too oppressive to allow for true mournful meditation.

The first Black Panther... set a bar Wakanda Forever didn't come close to matching. But taken on its own terms, as a superhero sequel tasked with serving an unusually wide range of needs, it stands as a different kind of accomplishment.

Wow! You’ll say that over and over again as this mind-blowing, superhero epic unfolds. Wow!

Wakanda Forever may not be the perfect Marvel movie, but [it] prove its worthiness as a bridge – not merely between Phase 4 and Phase 5... but from the bleakness of loss to a stable place from which a new generation can move forward.

The pacing, demons, and storytelling monsters take down the film.

“Wakanda Forever” is an epic, emotional and profound film that examines the impact of collective anguish.

Apart from the overarching themes of death, loss, revenge and owning your destiny, and all the eye-popping battles atop barnacle-crusted whales and dolphins no less, Black Panther 2 works in the smaller, intimate moments too.

This was a fantastic way to wrap out Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.