Shazam! Fury of the Gods har en Rotten Tomato-score på 49% og en Metascore på 47. Ikke ligefrem prangende, og filmen blev da heller ikke noget stort hit i biografen, hvor det ikke lykkedes at tjene produktionsomkostningerne hjem, når man medregner markedstingsbudgettet.
Nu forholder hovedrolleindehaver Zachary Levi sig til filmens kritik, men fremfor at tage den til sig, mener han, at det er anmelderne, den er gal med, og at Shazam 2 altså er "a good darn movie."
"I don't know what the future holds for it all because, unfortunately, the second movie was not as well received," fortæller Levi til YouTube-kanalen The FilmUp Podcast. "The audience score is still quite good, but the critics' score was very oddly and perplexingly low, and people were insanely unkind. I've been a part of things, and as much as I wish they were good, I know they're okay. I know that they miss a lot. And I'm not saying 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' is some perfect, Orson Welles-like masterpiece, but it's a good darn movie."
Har Levi ret, eller ville det klæde ham med lidt mere selvindsigt?
