Shazam! Fury of the Gods [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

Director: David F. Sandberg David F. Sandberg

Overview

Seemingly ordinary teenager Billy Batson (Asher Angel) possesses the unusual ability to transform into a superhero alter ego in an adult body (Zachary Levi) with just a single word. As Batson continues to hone his crimefighting skills and tackle new challenges, he faces a significant threat that puts his life, livelihood, and friends in jeopardy. David F. Sandberg directs the sequel to the 2019 film. Co-starring Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Adam Brody, and Djimon Hounsou.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/23/2023
UPC:	0883929799138
Original Release:	2023
Source:	New Line Home Video
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	9,419

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Grace Fulton	Mary Bromfield/Superhero Mary
Zachary Levi	Shazam
Helen Mirren	Hespera
Rachel Zegler	Anthea
Lucy Liu	Kalypso
Adam Brody	Super Hero Freddy
Meagan Good	Super Hero Darla
Asher Angel	Billy Batson
Jack Dylan Grazer	Freddy Freeman
Marta Milans	Rosa Vasquez
Djimon Hounsou	Shazam
Diedrich Bader	Ross Butler
Ross Butler	Super Hero Eugene
D.J. Cotrona	Super Hero Pedro
Cooper Andrews	P.J. Byrne
P.J. Byrne	Doctor
Hillary Harley	Kitten Car Passenger #1
Jovan Armand	Pedro Pena
Faithe Herman	Darla Dudley
Ian Chen	Eugene Choi
Rizwan Manji	Derek Russo
Derek Russo	Atlas
David Lengel	Museum Security Guard
Abby Glover	Drunk Girl
Bonnie Discepolo	Sweaty Street Goer(as Bonnie Ryan)
Otis Winston	Swat Leader Tony Walker
Chloe Camp	Crying girl
Cameron Michael Frink	Sean Siemantel
Chloe Childs	Filed Trip Student
Carter Williams	Sweaty Philadelphia Pedestrian
Marc Demeter	Citizen
Gal Gadot	Wonder Woman

Technical Credits

Chris Morgan

Henry Gayden

Chris Morgan	Screenwriter
Henry Gayden	Screenwriter
Geoff Johns	Producer,Executive Producer
Peter Safran	Producer
David F. Sandberg	Director
Richard Brener	Executive Producer
Walter Hamada	Executive Producer
Dave Neustadter	Executive Producer
Victoria Palmeri	Executive Producer
Adam Schlagman	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Director David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) and writer Henry Gayden (Earth to Echo) return to the Shazam franchise with Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The film is enjoyable and entertaining but also occasionally tiresome, perhaps a side effect of replacing Darren Lemke with Chris Morgan (The Fate of the Furious) on writing duties. Billy Batson struggles because his siblings are growing up and getting their own interests separate from their superhero duties. They still step up when there's danger, but Billy wants them all to remain a team and a family forever and in all things. Meanwhile, his destruction of the wizard's staff has freed the Daughters of Atlas from their imprisonment. They retrieve and mend the pieces of the staff and set about trying to retrieve the Seed of Life so they can remake their father's realm, regardless of the cost to humanity. All that stands in their way is the Shazam family, and the Daughters are more than ready to seek revenge and recapture the lost power of the gods that ended up in the hands of mere mortals. The story is a fun concept and works well as a sequel to the original film. However, it doesn't retain the full charm of the first. The types of jokes that worked before fall flat the second time around and sometimes seem forced for the sake of getting the laugh again. The script is solid when they step away from that, with one other exception. There are too many characters to give depth to, so when Gayden and Morgan step away from the close characters of Billy and Freddy, development seems more like an afterthought. Despite these flaws, they manage to fill the running time nicely without many slow points. This is driven by fine performances by Zachary Levi and Jack Dylan Grazer, who demonstrate that while it is difficult to steal a scene from Helen Mirren or Lucy Liu, it is at least possible to hold your own. The special effects, especially the designers' concepts for mythological creatures, are outstanding, if not always seamless. There are occasions where the action moves so quickly that it is hard to keep up or appreciate the hard work that went into them. The visited realms are spectacular and paint a complete picture of otherworldliness. While the film suffers from a script that isn't as fulfilling as the first movie in the franchise, it is still solid and captivating. It isn't a shocking success like the first film, but definitely has enough juice to get the job done.