Astounding Marvel Cinematic Universe addition, one of the best!

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2018)

This great new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe manages to distinguish itself from other superhero films with a fresh batch of characters and a memorable villain. In a brief prologue, the history of Wakanda is explained and Prince N'Jobu (Sterling K. Brown) is murdered by his brother, the king of Wakanda. In the present day, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) returns home with Okoye (Danai Guira) after the death of the king of Wakanda in a previous film. First, they stop to pick up Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), T'Challa's ex, and a spy for the hidden society and beat up some sex traffickers. T'Challa is greeted by his mother Ramonda (Angela Bassett) and his younger sister Princess Shuri (Letitia Wright), who makes fun of him for freezing and updates his technology. Meanwhile, in London, Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) steals a hidden Wakanda artifact with the help of Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis) showing their brutality and willingness to murder in cold blood.
To ascend to the throne, T'Challa must drink a special potion and fight anyone who challenges his rule. Member of several tribes including Nakia and W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya) decline to fight T'Challa but M'Baku (Winston Duke) of the mountainous Jabari tribe does challenge him. They fight and T'Challa forces him to yield. He then eats a heart-shaped fruit which restores his powers and allows him to travel to the afterlife where he talks with his father about the burden he is inheriting. He spends some leisure time with Nakia trying to convince her to stay in Wakanda and looking at the giant rhinos raised by W'Kabi when Okoye calls him back to the council. Klaue has resurfaced in South Korea to sell the Wakanda artifact and Black Panther must stop him. Shuri, with great comedic wit, suits him up with a new necklace suit and even more advanced technology.
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