DC might have hit some serious problems with films such as “Suicide Squad” and “Batman v Superman” but “Aquaman” is further proof that the company has learned its lessons. I was surprised by just how much I did enjoy this movie, it’s about as good as “Wonder Woman”.

Aquaman (Jason Momoa “Conan The Barbarian”) is forced to travel to Atlantis when his half-brother, King Orm (Patrick Wilson “The Conjuring”), intends to launch an attack on the humans. Aquaman teams up with Mera (Amber Heard “Machete Kills”) as he battles to save the planet from a devastating conflict while Orm hurries to crush any opposition to his military plans.

Jason Momoa is great as Aquaman as he brings the right levels of toughness and humour to the role. Amber Heard does a good job as Mera. The chemistry between the two is quite good. The most significant problem I had with the movie was with the villains. We have Orm and we have Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and neither get enough screen time for us to really enjoy them. Nicole Kidman (“The Golden Compass”) and Temuera Morrison (“Once Were Warriors”) play Aquaman’s parents and they do a really good job. Willem Dafoe (“Platoon”) and Dolph Lundgren (“Rocky IV”) also have small roles in here.

The action scenes are entertaining and the environments shown in “Aquaman” are quite simply terrific. Atlantis looks like a mixture of Gungan City and Coruscant from the “Star Wars” prequels but with a lot more personality. It successfully blends a lot of different elements as we have parts that look like something out of disaster film, “Indiana Jones” style adventure moments and we get to see colossal underwater battles that rival the ones in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. “Aquaman” does have its problems but overall, I was very impressed with it and it shows that Marvel should see DC as a consistent competitor.