Black Adam: 20 WTF Moments

5. Ishmael Becomes A Terrible CGI Demon

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And now we come to the point where Black Adam goes truly off the rails and does the thing that far too many DCEU movies do: it devolves into a hideous CGI-infused mess in the third act.

As it turns out, Ishmael actually kidnapped Amon in an attempt to bait Adam into killing him while holding the Crown of Sabbac. This is precisely what happens, in turn sending Ishmael to the underworld where he's reborn as the demon Sabbac.

But Sabbac is less a demon than a janky reject from an early PS3 video game cutscene: he looks painfully low-res compared to everything else around him, ensuring the lengthy final battle is a prolonged eyesore.

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