Justice League, Part One (DCEU)

**Justice League, Part One** is an American superhero film based on the DC team of the same name. It is a follow-up to *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2015), set in the same fictional continuity known as the DC Extended Universe, and is part of Wave One of the franchise. The film is directed by Zack Snyder and written by Chris Terrio.

## Plot

Thousands of years ago, Apokoliptian warlord Darkseid and his Parademons attempted to take over the Earth using the combined energies of three Mother Boxes. Darkseid was foiled by a unified alliance of the Olympian Gods, Amazons, Atlanteans, humanity, and extraterrestrial beings. The Mother Boxes were then separated and hidden in different locations. In the present, the death of Superman at the hands of Doomsday triggers the Boxes' reactivation, attracting Steppenwolf, Darkseid's disgraced lieutenant. Steppenwolf aims to regain Darkseid's favor by gathering the boxes to form “The Unity”, which would terraform Earth into a copy of their homeworld.

Steppenwolf reaches Themyscira through a portal and fights the Amazons to obtain their Mother Box. Diana Prince informs Bruce Wayne, as the two are seeking to create a team of metahumans to protect the planet. After failing to recruit Arthur Curry, Bruce locates Barry Allen, who enthusiastically joins. Diana locates the cyborg Victor Stone, who joins after his father, Silas, and other S.T.A.R. Labs employees are kidnapped by Parademons seeking the Mother Box hidden by the humans. Steppenwolf kills Atlantean guards and takes their Mother Box, forcing Arthur to join the group as well.

Victor retrieves the last Mother Box, which he had hidden. He reveals that it was used to rebuild his body after a car accident, explaining that the Boxes can rearrange matter. The group realizes they could resurrect Superman using the box. Meanwhile, Steppenwolf receives a vision of the Anti-Life Equation on Earth, a secret power sought by Darkseid to control all existence.

The team exhumes Clark Kent's body and places it in the amniotic fluid of the genesis chamber in a Kryptonian ship. An amnesiac Clark is resurrected, attacking the group after perceiving them as a threat. Lois Lane calms him down, and he regains his memories at his family home in Smallville. Steppenwolf retrieves the last Mother Box, but Victor's father sacrifices himself to supercharge it with laser heat, allowing Victor to track it. Without Superman, the five heroes travel to an abandoned Russian city called Pozharnov, where Steppenwolf aims to form the Unity.

They fight their way through the Parademons, with Superman arriving in time to subdue Steppenwolf. Victor fails to prevent the Unity, however, and the planet begins to break apart. Barry enters the Speed Force, reversing time and giving Victor the necessary charge that allows him and Superman to prevent the Unity. Working together, the team kills Steppenwolf. Darkseid vows to return to Earth to find the Anti-Life Equation.

In the epilogue, Bruce and Diana make plans to set up a headquarters for the team at the desolated Wayne Manor. Clark resumes his double life in Metropolis. Arthur meets with Vulko and Mera before going to see his father, and Barry informs his erroneously-convicted father in prison that he has acquired a job in Central City's police department. Victor is inspired by a message left by his father to realize his purpose in life.

Meanwhile, Lex Luthor has escaped from Arkham Asylum and is visited by Slade Wilson, to whom he reveals Batman's secret identity. In an additional scene before the credits, Bruce awakes from an apocalyptic dream of the future and receives a visit from the Martian Manhunter, who promises to help prepare for Darkseid's return.

## Cast

* **Batman/Bruce Wayne** (portrayed by Ben Affleck) – A wealthy socialite, the owner of Wayne Enterprises, and co-founder of the Justice League. He dedicates himself to protecting Gotham City from its criminal underworld as a highly trained, masked vigilante equipped with various tools and weapons.
* **Superman/Clark Kent** (portrayed by Henry Cavill) as Clark Kent/Superman – A Kryptonian survivor with superpowers and a journalist for the *Daily Planet,* based in Metropolis. He is the inspiration for the Justice League, which he becomes a member of.
* **Lois Lane** (portrayed by Amy Adams) as Lois Lane – A reporter for the *Daily Planet* and the love interest of Clark Kent.
* **Wonder Woman/Diana Prince** (portrayed by Gal Gadot) – An immortal demigoddess princess and Amazon warrior. She is a co-founder of the Justice League.
* **Cyborg/Victor Stone** (portrayed by Ray Fisher) – A former college athlete who, after being cybernetically reconstructed after a nearly fatal car accident, is turned into a techno-organic being enhanced by reactive, adaptive biomimetic alien technology. His enhancements include the abilities of flight, variable weaponry and technopathy.
* **Aquaman/Arthur Curry** (portrayed by Jason Momoa) – An Atlantean half-blood with aquatic powers.
* **The Flash/Barry Allen** (portrayed by Ezra Miller) – A Central City college student pursuing a degree in criminal justice in the hopes of exonerating his father of the murder of his wife, Barry's mother. He is capable of moving at superhuman speeds and entering the Speed Force to time-travel.
* **Nuidis Vulko** (portrayed by Willem Dafoe) — An Atlantean who acts as Arthur's mentor.
* **Lex Luthor Jr.** (portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg) – Superman's archenemy and former head of LexCorp.
* **Alfred Pennyworth** (portrayed by Jeremy Irons) – Bruce Wayne's butler who provides tactical support for Batman and the Justice League.
* **Martha Kent** (portrayed by Diane Lane) – Clark Kent's adoptive mother.
* **Queen Hippolyta** (portrayed by Connie Nielsen) – Diana's mother and Queen of the Amazons.
* **Commissioner James Gordon** (portrayed by J. K. Simmons) – The Gotham City police commissioner and an ally of Batman.
* **Steppenwolf** (portrayed by Ciarán Hinds) — A New God military officer from the planet Apokolips who leads an army of Parademons in search of the three Mother Boxes held on Earth.
* **Ryan Choi** (portrayed by Zheng Kai) — A scientist working at S.T.A.R. Labs, under the leadership of Silas Stone. By the end of the film, Choi is promoted to Director of Nanotechnology at the company.
* **Mera** (portrayed by Amber Heard) — An Atlantean who was raised by Arthur Curry's mother, Queen Atlanna.
* **Silas Stone** (portrayed by Joe Morton) – Victor Stone's father and the head scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs.
* **Menalippe** (portrayed by Lisa Loven Kongsli) — Hippolyta's lieutenant and Diana's aunt.
* **Ares** (portrayed by David Thewlis) – The God of War and son of the Olympian Old God Zeus and the half brother of Diana Prince.
	+ Stuntman Nick McKinless portrays Ares physically, while Thewlis's face is superimposed on McKinless's using CGI.
* **Darkseid** (portrayed by Ray Porter) — A tyrannical ruler of Apokolips and Steppenwolf's master.
* **The Martian Manhunter/Calvin Swanwick** (portrayed by Harry Lennix)⁣ – The US Secretary of Defense.

## Media

### Videos

JUSTICE LEAGUE - Official Trailer 1Zack Snyder’s Justice League - Official Trailer -2 - Max

## Future

### Spin-offs

* *The Flash (DCEU)*
* *Aquaman (DCEU)*
* *The Batman (DCEU)*
* *Cyborg (DCEU)*
* *The New Gods (DCEU)*