Black Panther (2018)

This was probably my favorite Marvel film.
We have the classic good versus evil but with a twist. Wakanda is a cool place. There are plenty of farmers but they have a secret weapon, a powerful compound called Vibranium which means that their technology is beyond our wildest dreams and it comes in handy several times. However, the king has died, so throne is passed down to his son, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) who also assumes the powers of the Black Panther. Unfortunately for T'Challa, he fails in his first mission as king, failing to murder the nasty Englishman Klaue who killed the parents of T'Challa's best friend, W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya) and stole some Vibranium. He doesn't capture Klaue as Klaue is rescued by the former black ops soldier, Erik Stevens (Michael B. Jordan) who has plenty of secrets of his own. This causes W'Kabi to turn on T'Challa. And the past is never far away. T'Challa's uncle wanted to help the underprivileged to rise above their circumstances; however, most Wakandians wanted to protect their sacred world. Erik is different. The cousin of T'Challa, he defeats him but is downright nasty to his new people and starts to spread his beliefs and cause the people to rise above their governments, which would create a world-wide civil war.
Naturally, eventually with the help of his sister, Shuri (Letitia Wright), the General (Danai Gurira), who doesn't like wigs, and his love, Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) who wants to be an ambassador of goodwill, T'Challa defeats his cousin and Erik passes up the opportunity for T'Challa to save him, not wishing to spend the rest of his life in servitude.
And yes, there are great scenes both during and after the credits.
This film is completely solid, with a seamless, layered plot with brilliant cinematography by one of the most talented in the business, Rachel Morrison and Ryan Cooger is a superb director. The score is great and the characters aren't one dimensional though there are plenty of them and the actors are great. It is nice seeing Martin Freeman being used as almost comic relief and share a scene with Stan Lee and seeing Andy Serkis in the flesh. I will actually gladly watch this film again, which is rare for me to say about an action film. It was slick and modern and great. Grade: A-