We’re introduced to way too many new characters in this film. Four of these are members of the Justice Society, which is like a B-Tier Justice League. We learn next to nothing about this group and even though we’re introduced to four DCEU superheroes, none of them are really fleshed out and the most interesting of the bunch is killed off. Cyclone and her cool nano-bot powers are touched on only briefly, and Atom Smasher is included apparently just to be the butt of various jokes. In the end, the group itself feels more like a joke than anything we should take seriously, and even that falls flat given we know next to nothing about any of these heroes. 3. The action scenes get tedious fast. So we get a lot of repetition before the credits roll. He takes out tons of mercenaries and then battles against the Justice Society and then fights more mercenaries and then fights the Justice Society again and finally, in the very end, faces the powerful demon king villain in a fight that can only go one way. None of these movies are ever bold enough to let the bad guy win in the end, so it’s all wrapped up nice and tidy. At last, the villain. Much of the film centers around the mercenary group Intergang trying to find the Crown of Sabbac, a legendary relic made out of Eternium that can unleash untold powers of the underworld. The descriptions also said Sabbac’s figure would be a 15-17 inch Megafig so this is a big one for the collector’s shelf.

We’re introduced to Hawkman as though we already know all about him. He appears to be rich. Maybe a Tony Stark-like character. Who can say? The movie certainly doesn’t. Dr. Fate has some very cool powers (both the visual effects and what he can do with his predictive powers) but we barely scratch the surface. His and Hawkman’s friendship is something we learn a bit about through exposition, but is fundamentally too shallow for us to really care about. When Dr. Fate is killed, it feels more like a waste of a potentially fascinating character rather than an emotional moment. This crown was created 5,000 years ago when the champion first walked the earth, and somehow the bad guy in the present timeline knows that he’s related to this 5,000 years dead king. That alone is super goofy, as it would be nigh impossible to know if you were related to someone that long dead, but whatever. Alongside the images of the action figure is also a small piece of art showing what appears to be Sabbac as he appears in the movie. Once he gets the crown he gains the powers of the demons and turns into a fiery monstrosity who can raise an army of the dead to fight alongside him. The skeletal warriors, however, are completely useless, easily taken down by a rabble of town-folk who Generic Boy rallies to fight using the same symbol as the boy champion from 5,000 years ago (because most modern societies totally cling to 5,000 year-old traditions!)A toy reveal shows that the big threat is none other than Sabbac, portrayed by Old Guard star Marwan Kenzari, whom we suspected since this information first started to leak out.