New superhero film Black Adam has seen huge disparity between audience and critic scores.

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The film, which stars Dwayne Johnson and is based on the DC comics character of the same name, follows the mythic superhero when he emerges from a tomb ready to “unleash his unique form of justice on the world”.

It has received a lukewarm response from critics and currently sits at 44 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes, with 156 reviews contributing so far.

In contrast, it already has a strong audience score of 88 per cent and 500 plus verified ratings, having been released today (October 21).

It is currently the fourth worst-rated DCEU film based on the platform’s critic metric.

As Forbes notes, fans do have the ability to influence overall scores, such as Zack Snyder’s Justice League which has a 94 per cent rating. Black Adam is currently tied in second for DCEU audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, next to Peacemaker.

In a two-star review of Black Adam, NME wrote: “If there’s one way to ruin The Rock, it’s to take his muscles away. Black Adam doesn’t totally de-buff Dwayne Johnson – much of the film has him bulging out of a leotard as the titular DC superhero – but for a few scenes he’s CGI’d into a normal-sized, boring bloke.”

It continued: “There are some good things about the film – a soundtrack boasting indie bangers from Smashing Pumpkins and the Rolling Stones; Henry Winkler’s fun cameo as Atom-Smasher’s uncle – and once everything is established the adventure rattles along at a thrilling pace. But even the fun moments are overshadowed by the writers’ constant need to over-explain each plot point.”

Earlier this week, Johnson confirmed details of a post-credits scene in Black Adam before the film was out.