My review for the black panther is, Black Panther’s core concept-that there’s a secretive African country full of otherworldly technology, affluent people, and godlike warriors-is incredibly fun and ripe for storytelling. But it also begs the potentially damning question: Where has Wakanda been while black people suffered all over the world throughout human history? The fact that Black Panther doesn’t just address that, but tackles it head on as the movie’s central conflict, is a large part of what makes it a fantastic film.
Wakanda was long ago settled by five warring tribes who united under one king, empowered by the mountain of vibranium-the strongest metal in existence-implanted in the earth by a wayward asteroid. As its civilization became ever more advanced, Wakanda grew more and more secretive, under the leadership of a succession of kings who took on the mantle of the Black Panther.
That’s the opening story dump necessary to get audiences on board. But the film’s events actually begin in 1992 Oakland, where the Black Panther/King of the day, T’Chaka ( the same one who died in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War) , travels to confront a treasonous Wakandan who grew disillusioned with his homeland’s selfish isolationism after witnessing black people’s suffering throughout the tumultuous period.
The concept is very nice so please watch the Black Panther.