The seventh film in the DC Extended Universe is the first one decisively aimed at children, with its titualr hero a 14-year-old foster child landed with an adult body, a host of magical superpowers and a mission to save the world from the demonic embodiments of the seven deadly sins. He initially seizes the opportunity to play Superman with all the maturity to be expected from a pubescent delinquent, until, of course, the great responsibility that comes with great power has to be faced up to.
Mark Strong, as the villain who has a chip on his shoulder for having been deemed unworthy of the Shazam powers as a child, clearly has great fun chewing up the scenery, and there are some amusing slapstick scenes where the hero is pushed by another boy in his foster family to find out exactly what he's now capable of, but sooner or later one starts to miss a more demanding plot, and even the grim darkness and extreme violence of most of recent superhero productions.
5/10
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