At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live - action Andy Serkis: Star
Wars: The Last Jedi,
War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude
nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler's previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T'Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature
General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).
For instance, I can buy a version of World
War I in which the Ottoman Empire mass - produces dangerous chemical weapons developed by a female mad scientist in a Phantom of the Opera mask
nicknamed Doctor Poison (Elena Anaya), which a ruthless German
general (Danny Huston) plans to use to sabotage the Bulgarian armistice.