So often, a sequel doesn’t live up to the first. Whether the movie does or not, I don’t know, but the red-carpet premiere of Black Panther was fantastic and on that note I think Wakanda Forever absolutely met the challenge. This is hardly one of those “oh and here’s everyone else” dump posts; we’ve got the Queen herself here, and Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, and even some Abbott Elementary, which I hope opens up an extension campus in Wakanda.

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