Chaotic, inconsistent, humorless and packaged with a powerful dose of boredom, deja-vu and an intrusive background score.

Rating: 5/10 (25 March 2016)

Chaotic, inconsistent, humorless and packaged with a powerful dose of boredom, deja-vu and an intrusive background score.
Following the worn out retelling of the story about dangers of uncontrolled power, 'Dawn of Justice' pits in Batman against Superman in an attempt to boot-start the DC comics universe. Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) gets offended and affected by Superman's (Henry Cavill) unchecked actions which led to numerous deaths as collateral damage in Gotham city. While Mr. Wayne is busy locating the alleged tyrant, the government and general public too in Metropolis are getting restless for the same reason leading to confrontation. Lex Luther (Jesse Eisenberg) meanwhile has his own sinister plans in developing a weapon based on Kryptonite that can keep Superman in check.
While the 3D and special effects are on par with any other super-hero movie that's released in the last 10 years, the same cannot be said about other departments. The uninteresting screenplay, chaotic editing especially in the first hour, non-relevant dream sequences and unrelated character introductions - all played into making a poor movie watching experience. No actions by any character feels convincing leaving nothing to root for the leads. While Ben Affleck was in his auto-pilot mode, Henry Cavill has taken the steel reference too seriously and added it to his performance too. Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) is in just for an introduction to her spin-off movie, so refraining from commenting. Hans Zimmer is a seasoned composer but this time his background score is so intrusive and epic that actually belittles the on-going action on the screen.
Zack Snyder should revisit his spectacular 'Watchmen' and figure out what all could have gone wrong here.