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These days, even middling franchises get treated as precious commodities that have to be nurtured like hothouse flowers.

The end goals of Vaughns villains throughout this series have been revealing.
Despite all this, the real sin ofThe Kings Manis its near-total lack of fun.
Then it trudges along for another hour, fleshing out mythology that was half-assed by design.
All to build out a fictional world that no one involved seems to actually want to spend time in.