Some reviews are downright brutal (“seemingly designed to sap viewers’ combined will to live”) while others call the sequel “superhero filmmaking”.
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ is busy smashing box office records across the African continent. It makes sense to piggyback on that for marketing purposes, as long as it’s done well.
The first film smashed a number of South African box office records and even featured a cameo from our own Trevor Noah.