Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Rating: 3/10 (8 April 2016)

This movie featuring the most famous DC Comics characters was hyped up so much before it's release, it initially started with a high gross, but suddenly dropped in figures, I knew I wanted to see it no matter what, from Razzie nominated Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, Sucker Punch, Man of Steel). Basically in Metropolis it has been eighteen months since the destructive attack of General Zod (Michael Shannon), Superman (Razzie nominated Henry Cavill) has become a controversial figure, meanwhile, as his human alter ego Clark Kent, he has moved in with Lois Lane (Amy Adams). Meanwhile billionaire Bruce Wayne (Razzie nominated Ben Affleck) has operated in Gotham City as Batman for nearly two decades, he suffered the death of a friend in the destruction of Metropolis, he sees Superman as a threat to humanity, Superman views Batman as a threat learning of his activities. Wayne learns that LexCorp's mogul Lex Luthor (Razzie winning Jesse Eisenberg) has been in contact with Russian terrorist and weapon- trafficker Anatoli Knyazev (Callan Mulvey), meanwhile Luthor is trying to convince Senator Finch (Holly Hunter) to allow him to import a source of Kryptonite found in the Indian Ocean, claiming it is a deterrent against "Kryptonians", he also tries to gain access to Zod's body and the Kryptonian scout ship, Finch denies his request. Wayne attends a party at LexCorp, there he meets Kent, and he meets mysterious antiques dealer Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), before retrieving data from the company's mainframe, but Prince steals this, but unable to decrypt it she later returns it to Bruce. He begins the process to decrypt the data in the Batcave, whilst doing so he has a vision of a post-apocalyptic future, he leads a rebel force against Superman, a mysterious time traveller who urges him to find "the others", the data reveals what this figure was talking about. Wayne realises that Luthor is not experimenting with Kryptonite, he is investigating metahumans, one of them is Prince who is an immortal warrior, Wayne admits to his butler Alfred Pennyworth (Jeremy Irons) he plans to steal the Kryptonite to weaponize it against Superman, as Batman he pursues the convoy carrying the element, but Superman shows up and orders him to cease his activities. Superman is summoned by Senator Finch to stand before a congressional hearing to be questioned and justify his existence on earth, Finch and thousands of people are killed in a bombing by orchestrated Luthor s a bombing at the hearing, frustrated he did not save anyone Superman goes into self-imposed exile, Batman breaks into LexCorp and steals the Kryptonite, using it to create a Kryptonite grenade launcher and a Kryptonite-tipped spear, meanwhile Luthor enters the Kryptonian ship and learns recorded alien information. Luthor kidnaps and holds hostage Kent's adoptive mother Martha (Untraceable's Diane Lane), he reveals he has been sending messages to Batman and Superman to increase their animosity towards each other, Luthor forces Superman to fight Batman to spare Martha's life, Superman tries to reason with Batman, but a fight is initiated. After fighting Batman subdues Superman, before he can kill him with the Kryptonite spear Superman begs him to "save Martha", Wayne's late mother was also named Martha, Lane arrives and explains the situation, learning Luthor's plan Batman and Superman work together to save the city, also joined by Diana, aka Wonder Woman. Luthor unleashes a monstrous creature created by the splicing of his own DNA and Zod's body, the creature outmatches Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman with its ability to absorb energy, Superman realises it is vulnerable to Kryptonite, he sacrifices himself, retrieving the Kryptonite spear, impaling and destroying the creature, Superman is killed. Luthor is arrested and imprisoned, with his hair shaved off, he gloats to Batman who visits that earth is vulnerable to powerful alien threats, Metropolis hold a memorial for Superman, Clark is also declared dead, a private funeral is held in Smallville with Wayne, Lane and Diana attending. Martha reveals Clark to Lois that Clark had an engagement ring, Wayne tells Diana he plans to form a team of metahumans, starting with those identified in Luthor's files, to protect the world, but Superman may not be dead, as Clark's coffin stirs. Also starring Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Tao Okamoto as Mercy Graves, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Scoot McNairy as Wallace Keefe, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Christina Wren as Major Farris, Harry Lennix as Swanwick, We Need to Talk About Kevin's Ezra Miller as The Flash, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Thomas Wayne, Lauren Cohan as Martha Wayne, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Terminator 2: Judgement Day's Silas and Patrick Wilson as POTUS. Cavill is still just about bold and brave in the blue and red suit, Affleck was a controversial choice but proves fairly good as the Caped Crusader, Eisenberg is over the top at times but a reasonable manic villain, and there is alright support from Adams, Fishburne and Irons. This was one of the big dreams for superhero movie and comic book fans, the Man of Steel versus the Dark Knight, and the first big screen appearance of Wonder Woman is welcome, the majority of the movie however is boring, the actual fight is only relatively gripping, and it is a pointless story, all the budget is wasted on the special effects and no thought put into anything else, it is just an underwhelming, lacklustre and disappointing fantasy action film. It won the Razzies for Worst Screen Combo for Affleck & His BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Cavill, Worst Screenplay and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel. Adequate!