Kazaam is a 1996 Fantasy-comedy film directed by Paul M. Glaser and stars Shaquille O'Neal as the title character Kazaam, a 5000 year-old genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a boy three wishes. The film begins with a very big wrecking ball destroying an abandoned building. The impact knocks over a magic lamp inside of the building, causing it to land on a boombox. The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on in. Meanwhile, a schoolboy named Max is confronted and chased down by a group of bullies through the city of New Bronslin. Max is chased into... the abandoned building, where he discovers the boombox and accidentally unleashes the genie inside. The genie, who introduces himself as Kazaam , tells Max that he is now Max's genie and proves it to him by demonstrating his powers, which results in Kazaam disappearing off the face of the earth. Max returns home to find that his mother is marrying a fireman named Travis. It's revealed that his mother lied to him about his real father's whereabouts, and that he is actually located in the city.
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