N'Jobu is killed in 1992 by T'Chaka (John Kani), T'Challa's father, after N'Jobu sells
vibranium weapons and refuses to head back to Wakanda to stand trial.
His plan, to distribute advanced
vibranium weapons to members of oppressed groups around the world, is essentially to spark the kind of global race war Tate warned against.
Trained in numerous forms of martial arts, the Dora Milaje are armed with
Vibranium weapons and clad in Vibranium armor.
The film's third act hinges not only on containing the outbreak of an all - out Wakandan civil war, but on stopping
Vibranium weapons from leaving Wakanda's borders, destined to be used on foreign soil.
T'Challa's mission to South Korea to prevent the sale of an antique
vibranium weapon shows that he's engaged in a tricky political balancing act, and that Wakanda has understandable (if not necessarily likable) reasons for acting as it does.
Not exact matches
While the distribution of
vibranium could apparently have an immense positive impact on the development of humanity, the Black Panther fights to keep it locked away behind the walls of his country, using it only to develop advanced gadgetry and
weapons.
To stop Wakanda from being discovered by the world, King T'Chaka murders his brother N'Jobu, a Wakandan spy seeking to arm oppressed African - Americans with
Vibranium - powered
weapons after witnessing their plight up - close.
He is already housing Captain America's friend Bucky Barnes, but his nation is also hiding
vibranium - laced supertechnology that they keep solely to themselves, both to keep dangerous
weapons out of evil hands and to protect their beautiful land.
Becoming king also bestows upon the king the powers of the Black Panther, though his threats aren't physical so much as political, having to deal with not only external forces who want to use Wakanda's stash of the worlds hardest and most powerful metal,
vibranium, to their advantage, but also within Wakanda, among those who feel that they have a responsibility to share their advancement with the world to help those who desperately need its harnessed powers to heal, or, more extreme, to use their secretive wealth in resources and
weapons technology to right centuries of wrongs for people of African descent around the world through a revolution.
However, his plan is not to offer a hand at some form of global reconciliation, but an all out war that will destroy the west with Wakanda's stockpile of
vibranium, an alien tech that can create
weapons that rivals the strongest deterrents human technology can come up with.
With umpteen amounts of
vibranium that they hold, this is their biggest
weapon which could very well blow up in their face as well.
Black Panther's suit,
weapons, and gear are all
vibranium - based, and the gadgets give the character more than a little spark of James Bond.
He partners with arms dealer Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis, «Star Wars: The Last Jedi») to steal
vibranium - a rare and highly - coveted metal - from Wakanda to create powerful
weapons.
It isn't long until one - armed
weapons dealer Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis) is looking to get his hands on
vibranium to sell it to the highest bidder.
Many of the
vibranium - laced
weapons we see are pointedly from times gone by, forged in fires far removed from Shuri's lab.
Soon after T'Challa is crowned king in an exciting ceremony in which he's nearly killed (I'll say no more), he sets off for South Korea to take down a cackling madman arms merchant named Ulysses Klaue (motion capture king Andy Serkis, who is great in this «full - bodied» role), who has stolen an ancient Wakandan
weapon made of the precious and all - powerful
vibranium.
It has armored rhinos, Ruritanian power struggles, wacky inventions (e.g., nanobot shoes), sprinkles of Jules Verne and James Bond, characters who can't stop striking cool poses with bladed
weapons, and a secondary villain who spends most of his screen time cackling at his own dastardliness — the one - armed
vibranium trafficker Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), an uncommonly fun bad guy in an age of humorless Steppenwolfs and Ronan The Accusers.
Along with their mastery of hand - to - hand combat, the Dora are in possession of a proficient arsenal of
weapons, ranging from
Vibranium discs to spears that are so strong they can stop a car driving at full speed.
When stolen Wakandan
Vibranium was used to make a terrible
weapon, we in Wakanda were forced to question our legacy.
But T'Challa's boasts about Wakanda's fanciful independence from other nations and its rich deposits of
vibranium (a magical ore used to make
weapons as well as Panther's invincible suit) merely seduce Marvel fans into accepting a new brand of exoticized inanity.
As the Q to Black Panther's James Bond, it's Shuri who designs much of the next - gen technology that powers the isolated nation — including deadly
weapons powered by the Wakandan metal
vibranium that T'Challa must prevent from falling into the wrong hands.
T'Challa AKA Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) has just been crowned king of Wakanda, an East African nation that houses a mountain full of
vibranium, a strong and versatile metal that would be perfect to make terrible
weapons from.
When T'Chaka found out that N'Jobu had facilitated a massive
vibranium heist, with the intent of spreading
weapons to oppressed people around the world, T'Chaka killed him — and left the young Killmonger behind, to find his father with panther claw marks in his chest.
The film starts with T'Challa's father, T'Chaka, as a young Black Panther, hunting down his brother in Oakland, California, who has been selling
Vibranium, the country of Wakanda's big secret source of their power, to
weapon dealers.
Some of the awesome applications of
vibranium were used in
weapons, such as spears used by the Dora Milaje (female bodyguards of the King of Wakanda) and bullets used by agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and superhero Maverick.
(They both seemingly have magical
weapons that might be able to pierce even
vibranium skin, by the way.)
Wright included mentions of
Vibranium, which is the element used to make many of the
weapons and technology her character Shuri create, and Black Panther villain Killmonger.
With Presidents Day included, the film's four - day haul should top $ 235 million, which is probably enough to buy a few
vibranium - infused
weapons from Shuri.
But then, T'Challa employs another Wakandan
weapon that stems from Coates and Stelfreeze's Black Panther - a burst of energy released from his
Vibranium suit that cripples the car.