It's an obvious comic book hero, but played straight. Unlike the movies that don't work, by injecting too much humor aimed at the genre. The weak link in all the movies of this genre, is the supposed annoynimity secured simply by wearing a mask. Their voice, hair color, mannerisms do not become transparent or change merely by donning a mask.
If you are able to dislocate your sense of sensibility regarding this, they are wonderful films to watch. The thought that Black Scorpion could bed her partner, and still remain annonymous to him (simply by wearing the mask) was a bit much for me. It was the same in the Batman series of films. And don't even get me started about the Superman films!
I am able to suspend my belief for a lot of films, for a lot of reasons, but this concept of the mask hiding all is lost on me.
But, as for the movie... I did like it. We get to see Joan in a variety of "costumes", all flattering. The story is there, the villian is villianous, the production value seems pretty good. Garrett Morris's car that he made for her, is pushing the realm of reality, but, that's not what this movie is about? Is it?
It was a fun movie. I enjoyed both part 1 & part 2.
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