Revenge Of The Nerds

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2017)

JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017) *** Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, JK Simmons, Amber Heard, Joe Martin (Voices of David Thewlis and Ciaran Hinds) DC Comics Superheroes first outing as a team features Bruce Wayne (Affleck) in turmoil in the death of Clark Kent (Cavill) but knows as Batman only he can stop a prevalent force from taking over the world by enlisting a group of fellow combatants including Diana Prince (Gadot), Barry Allen (Miller), Arthur Curry (Mamoa) and Victor Stone (Fisher) - aka Wonder Woman (getting all the prime fight sequences, smartly so) , The Flash (Miller's funny mix of Martin Short meets Jimmy Fallon looks and geeky charm) , Aquaman (Momoa proving the fish dude is more than he appears), and Cyborg (Fisher balancing the tragic and heroic) - to do battle to the death. Director Zack Snyder (who had to leave the production due to the tragic death of his daughter) - who co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon - gets looser and goosier in allowing more fun, light and humorous moments to break thru all the gloom and doom at hand. Nice to have Danny Elfman's 'Batman' theme sprinkled in his fantastic score too.