Four years after becoming king of Atlantis,[a] Arthur Curry has married Mera and has a son, Arthur Jr., while splitting his life between land and sea. Meanwhile, David Kane / Black Manta continues to seek revenge against Arthur for his father's death, working with marine biologist Stephen Shin to find Atlantean artifacts. When Shin accidentally discovers a cavern in Antarctica, Manta finds a Black Trident that possesses him, its creator promising to give him the power to destroy Arthur and Atlantis. Five months later, Manta breaks into an Orichalcum reserve on Atlantis to steal them to power his Atlantean machines that are of ancient origin but are of unknown design to modern Atlanteans. Caught midway, they are chased by Atlantean forces, with Mera injured in the ensuing battle. Arthur learns that this usage of Orichalcum, which emits high quantities of greenhouse gases, has not only raised planetary temperatures and caused extreme weather and ocean acidification. It also nearly caused a planetary extinction in the past, when used by an ancient Atlantean kingdom.
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Genre: | Action, Sci Fi, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Country: | United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Iceland |
| Directed By: | James Wan |
| Written By: | David Leslie Johnson, Paul Norris, Mort Weisinger |
| Cast: | Vincent Regan, Judy Blackett, Tianyi Kiy, Jani Zhao, Nicole Kidman, Indya Moore, Amber Heard, Ricardo Molina, Temuera Morrison, Dolph Lundgren, Randall Park, Ben Affleck, Grant Huggair, Patrick Wilson, Jason Momoa, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Pilou Asbæk |
| In Theaters: | Dec 22, 2023 |
| Runtime: | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Production: | Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, Atomic Monster, The Safran Company |
| Budget: | $205,000,000 |
| Box Office: | $124,481,226 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |