PLOT
Centuries ago, five African tribes warred over a meteorite of the alien metal vibranium. A warrior ingested a "heart-shaped herb", that was affected by the metal, and gained superhuman abilities. He became the first "Black Panther", and united the tribes to form the nation of Wakanda, though the Jabari Tribe chose not to follow the Black Panther's rule. Over time, the Wakandans used the vibranium to develop highly-advanced technology and chose to isolate themselves from the rest of the world by posing as a Third World country.
In 1992, while on an undercover assignment in Oakland, California, Prince N'Jobu became convinced that Wakanda's isolationist policies had done more harm than good, and vowed to share its technology with people of African descent around the world in order to help them conquer their oppressors. N'Jobu enlisted black market arms Ulysses Klaue to infiltrate Wakanda and steal a cache of vibranium. His brother King T'Chaka learned of this from another undercover agent, Zuri, and confronted N'Jobu. When N'Jobu attacked Zuri, T'Chaka reluctantly killed him and told Zuri to lie that N'Jobu had disappeared. They left behind his American son, Erik, in order to maintain the lie.
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In 2016, following T'Chaka's death at the hands of Helmut Zemo, his son T'Challa returns to Wakanda to assume the throne. He and Okoye, the leader of the Dora Milaje fighting force, extract his ex-lover Nakia from an undercover assignment so she can attend his coronation ceremony, along with his mother Ramonda and younger sister Shuri. At the ceremony, the Jabari Tribe's leader M'Baku challenges T'Challa for the crown but T'Challa defeats M'Baku in ritual combat, becoming the new king, and allows M'Baku to live.
When Klaue resurfaces to sell a stolen Wakandan artifact to a buyer in Busan, South Korea, T'Challa's closest friend W'Kabi-who lost his parents as a result of Klaue's actions-urges him to bring Klaue to justice. T'Challa, Okoye and Nakia go to the underground casino where the deal is taking place, to find that the buyer is CIA agent Everett K, Ross who takes Klaue into custody against T'Challa's will. Klaue tells Ross that Wakanda's international image is just a front for a technologically advanced civilization, before being broken out by Erik, now an ex-U.S black ops soldier who goes by the name "Killmonger". Ross is seriously injured saving Naka during the attack, and T'Challa decides to take him to Wakanda where their technology can save him rather than pursue Klaue. Shuri heals Ross with vibranium, while T'Challa confronts Zuri about N'Jobu.
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Killmonger kills Klaue and takes his body to Wakanda as a token, revealing his identity to the tribal elders and challenging T'Challa for the throne. Killmonger kills Zuri and then, after triumphing in ritual combat, hurls the defeated T'Challa over a waterfall. After ingesting the heart-shaped herb to gain the powers of the Black Panther, Killmonger enacts his father's plan and prepares shipments of Wakandan weapons to be distributed to operatives around the world, supported by W'Kabi and his tribesmen. Nakia, Shuri, Ramonda and Ross flee to seek the aid of the Jabari.
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At the home of the Jabari Tribe, the group find a comatose T'Challa, rescued by the Jabari in repayment for him sparing M'Baku's life. Healed by a heart-shaped herb brought by Nakia, T'Challa returns to Wakanda to complete his combat with Killmonger, who is now wearing a Black Panther armour of his own. Shuri and Nakia join the Dora Milaje and Jabari in battling W'Kabi and his army, while Ross pilots a jet to shoot down the planes carrying the weapons before they can leave the country. Within Wakanda's vibranium mine, T'Challa uses sonic mining technology to disrupt Killmonger's suit and fatally stab him. Killmonger declines an offer to be healed and imprisoned, choosing instead to die free.
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Rejecting Wakanda's isolationism, T'Challa establishes an outreach center in Oakland to be run by Nakia and Shuri. In a mid-credits scene, T'Challa appears before the United Nations to reveal Wakanda's true nature to the world. In a post-credits scene, Shuri continues to help Bucky Barnes with his recuperation.
Credits to Wikipedia for the write-up.
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