Dawn? No, *end*

Rating: 3/10 (24 March 2016)

America is trying to figure out how it feels about the two capes, they will have a fight, and this is entirely too convoluted, slow and... full of bafflingly poor decisions for their reasons for doing so to make sense, for it to be all that good, and for us to care when it does happen... even though this is, indeed, purely created for the purpose of that showdown. And this is two hours and 25 minutes, not counting the credits that you will not be rewarded for sitting through.
Both of them are well-cast, acted impeccably, far too similar to one another, barely distinguished from their normal persona, strangely motivated and hardly seen doing their thing. Affleck really does sell it. It's not his fault that this Batman ends up clearly unstable, with us more eager to see him given help than fighting crime. This makes no case why we need more of the Dark Knight, in spite of how much of this version actually works. Cavill continues to be spot-on. Eisenberg's Luthor, twisted, manipulative, at times charming, fiercely intelligent, is the most compelling aspect about this. He's also one of the only ones that work. The little action is solid. Most of the climax is great.
The 9/11 porn is back for no good reason, with Katrina and a failed space launch added in to add to the cheap and tasteless. The immaturity is never as obvious and unchecked as when a literal jar of urine is presented as tea. And what happens immediately after is just ugly. The story is all over the place, with the structure, approach to themes and lack of humanity as bad as Man of Steel. I can hardly imagine this won't kill the DCU, and as shoddily handled as the push for it has been throughout, it was nevertheless something I, and countless others, hoped would show the strength of the comics it drew material from, not to mention the dedication and love it has seen put into it.
There is a ton of graphic violence pushing the PG-13 rating, disturbing content and some uncomfortable glorification of hyper-masculinity in this. I recommend this only to those who enjoy the much-referenced train-wreck. 3/10