Black Adam first reviews reveal a rather mixed reception to the $200M anti-hero adventure

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Dwayne Johnson's highly anticipated $200million anti-hero film Black Adam has been branded 'anti-entertaining', 'predictable' and 'overstuffed' in the first wave of reviews.The Warner Bros.

anti-hero adventure starring Dwayne Johnson is eyeing a $70 million debut when it opens in theaters this weekend.Though some have suggested it might open a bit less now that the first reviews have come in, earning a middling 54% on Rotten Tomatoes after the first 61 reviews.

Mixed reviews: Just days before Black Adam hits theaters, the first wave of reviews have surfaced, which reveal quite the mixed reception Middling: Though some have suggested it might open a bit less now that the first reviews have come in, earning a middling 54% on Rotten Tomatoes after the first 61 reviewsA deeper dive into the numbers finds the 'top critics' who have reviewed Black Adam thus far like it even less than the critical mass as a whole.The rating from top critics is just 32% (seven Fresh reviews of 22), which, if it stands y the time the film hits theaters on Friday, would be the lowest top critics rating for a DCEU movie since 2017's Justice League (23%).

The Wrap's Alonso Duralde perhaps summed up the critical dismission by calling the anti-hero film, 'anti-entertaining'. Top critics: A deeper dive into the numbers finds the 'top critics' who have reviewed Black Adam thus far like it even less than the critical mass as a whole'Despite its efforts to tweak the tropes, this is a muddled, overstuffed origin story,' Duralde added in his review.USA Today's Brian Truitt added, 'This is Johnson’s baby, a film spotlighting a complicated antihero he has championed for years.