That's 2 very similar DC movies in a row now, boring, cliche and childish in nature, basically they are poorer versions of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies .This one is similar to Captain Marvel which was their worst.

DC have gone all out for a kid audience with their last 2 entries. I really miss the mature world and story idea the Zack Snyder had built.

I can't believe Aquaman and Shazam! have garnered higher praise from critics than previous DCEU movies, its a sham and a shame, so they obviously prefer simplistic storytelling with no depth, fun or real danger in superhero movies.

This was such a basic story, a 15 year old boy gets superpowers and then needs to be responsible to defeat the bad guy and that's it, and in between is just filler, nothing more, kids arguing or getting bullied. Basically it's an imitation of the Spider-Man origin movies but waaaaay simpler and one dimensional, absolutely nothing in between besides kids stuff. I'm sure young children will enjoy this for that reason.

It's saving grace and relief came in the form of the action scenes, i'm not saying they were anything WOW but they were a well needed relief for me from all the bland kids stuff. The budget for Shazam! is the lowest of all the DC and Marvel.C.U movies so don't expect the action sequences to be anything better or original than all of those previous movies. Its a far cry from those films.

In my opinion if you want to watch a great and more fun kids action adventure with goodies and baddies then Goosebumps is so much better than this.

5/10