In an alternate universe somewhere, Dwayne Johnson is thriving as a quirky, smirking superhero in the Marvel ranks. He's on his third stand-alone film, has made cameos in a bunch of other movies, and is the smiling face of one of the biggest movie franchises on Earth. Things are great.
Here in reality, Dwayne Johnson is anchoring "Black Adam," a second-tier member of rival DC Universe, which for whatever reason just can't pull itself together. Black Adam is an antihero who doesn't have any qualms about killing the way some superheroes do. In fact, he kind of prefers it.
So you've got Johnson, one of the most likeable movie stars on the planet, playing against type as a dour, rather unpleasant character who is unrecognizable to the majority of moviegoers. Things, they could be better.
