Black Lightning

TV Series
2018–2021
15
43m

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6.1/10

28K

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Superhero Action Drama Sci-Fi

A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

28K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,191

631

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Awards
- 1 win & 17 nominations total

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Black Lightning: Tobias's Revenge

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Trivia
Jefferson adopts a more street-wise manner of speaking when disguised as Black Lightning. This is in keeping with the original comic books, where Black Lightning made use of 70's era slang to disguise his identity.

Goofs
The experiments that gave Black Lightning his powers, which he subsequently passed on to his daughters, apparently came by altering his mitochondria. Mitochondria are inherited exclusively from one's mother, so he shouldn't have been able to do so.

Crazy credits
The Warner Bros and DC Comics logos are charged with lightning.

Connections
Featured in The Chronic Rift: Some Things to Think About (2018)

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Featured review

2/10

Black Dynamite without the irony

Genuinely so bad that I can't stop watching it. All the cliches of blacksploitation era productions like Shaft that were satirised in Black Dynamite are back here as if it's something novel. It's actually shamefully addictive and has an evil albino villain who belongs in an Austin Powers movie. Watch it- it's so terrible you won't be able to look away!