Friday 29 July 2016

Batman V Superman : Dawn Of Justice (2016) 6/10

Starring : Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot, Scoot McNairy
Director : Zack Synder
Running Time : 182 mins

With Superman (Cavill) considered too great a threat following his involvement in rescuing Lois Lane (Adams) from terrorists, Batman (Affleck) takes it upon himself to try and stop Superman due to his own hatred of those with super powers.

Although this was an entertaining enough movie, there was just too little substance to the plot. Even though there are a lot of things going on, the focus is given far too much to the fight scenes and not enough to the actual plot development. Fans of Superman and Batman might enjoy watching them fight, but the fact that the fight comes to an end because their mums have the same name (?) is a little anti-climactic. Personally I’d have preferred an amity that stemmed from something a little more substantial, like having to join forces to save the planet (which kind of happens, but nobody really cares by then). Plus one of the biggest villains in DC comics, Darkseid, is almost something of a one-note non-entity in this.

You’ll like this if you liked : X-Men : Apocalypse




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