Expensive Lesson in More is Way Less.....

Rating: 3/10 (25 August 2016)

There are films about the pitfalls of American Foreign Policy - this isn't one of them. There are films about the challenges of self-doubt to those who shape our world - this isn't one of them. There are films about super- heroes pummeling the be-jezus out of each other - this isn't one of them. Unfortunately, for the viewer, this film wants to be all of them and spends a long, long, long time in that attempt. Failing in it's quest at every stage without realising the reason why. And the reason is - the creatives have made two thirds of each of those films and simply moved on to the next before the previous was finished!
What of the performances? They're OK. Amy Adams tries her best with hollow political epithets and Jeremy Irons' ballsy, earthy butler is refreshing. But Jesse Eisenberg is ultimately wasted here (in every way imaginable) and Affleck and Cavill are both dwarfed by the gargantuan nonsense around them.
There is a story to be told about the constant, wasteful collateral damage caused by super-heroes 'saving the world'. It just needs a far better team than this.