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Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

Zack Snyder

Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg ...

5.5

37,468

Fantasy. Action. Sci-Fi Following his titanic struggle against General Zod, Metropolis has been razed to the ground and Superman is the most controversial figure in the world. While for many he is still an emblem of hope, a growing number of people consider him a threat to humanity, seeking justice for the chaos he has brought to Earth. As far as Bruce Wayne is concerned, Superman is clearly a danger to society. He fears for the future of the world with such a ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"The most incoherent blockbuster in years (...) Marvel can rest easy. Zack Snyder's superhero spectacle is a meatheaded, humourless mess that squanders its cast and makes little sense (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Nick De Semlyen Empire	"There are moments that make the whole enterprise worthwhile, and introduces an intriguing new Batman. But it's also cluttered and narratively wonky (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Andrew Barker Variety	"This very long, very brooding, often exhilarating and sometimes scattered epic succeeds as often it does therefore has to be seen as an achievement."
		Scott Mendelson Forbes	"A Beautiful Disaster. (...) One of the most visually beautiful comic book movies you have ever seen. (...) 'BvS' is a treat for the eyes, but it will hurt your brain and break your heart"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"About a half-hour into 'Batman v Superman' I was starting to feel this could be one of the best superhero movies of the last 20 years. Alas, we go from spectacular to solid, from great to good (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Lou Lumenick New York Post	"Snyder puts together some very striking scenes (...) A film that frantically introduces characters and concepts while never clearly establishing the rules of the DC Comics universe (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Better than 'Man of Steel' but below the high bar set by (...) 'Dark Knight', 'BvS' is still a colossus, the stuff that DC Comics dreams are made of for that kid in all of us (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Kate Muir The Times	"'BvS' is surely the beginning of the end as two big brands battle for box office supremacy with little thought for niceties such as plot, character or wit. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Zack Snyder's flashy, cacophonous follow-up to 2013's 'Man of Steel' is basically one long teaser for the next installment (...) As its title implies, "Batman v Superman" plays like a mashup of things we've seen before"
		Jake Coyle The Washington Post	"As heavy and humorless as a Supreme Court decision (...) it’s the genuine rigor of Snyder’s engagement with the psychology of Superman and Batman that keeps the film grounded and the rivalry plausible"
		Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"A $250 million tombstone for a genre in dire need of a break (...) you’ll wish this strenuously empty movie had boned up on a few lessons beforehand (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"After 'Man of Steel three' years ago, the studio had to know what it was getting with director Zack Snyder; the film may be imposing, but it's not fun."
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"BvS will please those either waiting for the two main players to lock horns on a movie screen, or those who've just been pining for Wonder Woman forever. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"The trio [Snyder and writers] do manage to cough up an acceptable number of ooh-that’s-cool moments (...) but any other ideas and characters the movie might offer get lost in the rubble."
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Yawn of justice (...) humankind deserves a better blockbuster (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"'Dawn of Justice' starts off as an intriguing meditation about two superheroes turning to an all-too-human emotion (...) Two and a half hours later it winds up (...) [being] another numbing smash-and-bash orgy of CGI mayhem."
		Andrew Pulver The Guardian	"For a film so concerned with its characters’ inner lives, there’s a fundamental disconnect going on here – enough to make you yearn for the lighter touch of the Marvel films. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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