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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
National
GARY BOYLE

Teen magic

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros

An ordinary kid gets extraordinary powers

We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s case, by shouting out one word — SHAZAM! — this 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam, thanks to an ancient wizard. Because he's still a teen, Shazam does what any teen would do with superpowers — have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his school tests? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.

Will Shazam beat the bad guy? Probably. But find out how he does it when Shazam! opens in cinemas this Thursday.

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