Director: Andrés ‘Andy' Muschietti
Cast: Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Kiersey Clemons, Gal Gadot
Genre: Action/ Adventure
Rating: 3/5
Warner Bros’ attempt to recreate the magic and success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been in one word … failure. The now almost disgraced DCEU started off strong enough with ‘The Man of Steel’ but everything sort of went off the rails after that.
‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ was just a train wreck, which seemed to continue with the rest of the DCEU slate. There were some notable exceptions in the form of ‘Wonder Woman’, 'Shazam' and ‘The Suicide Squad’, along with ‘The Peacemaker’ TV series.
But overall, it just hasn’t worked.
This is precisely what James Gunn and Peter Safran - the newly-named CEOs of DC Studios - had to deal with. And, it appears that their plan on how to deal with it seems to hinge on rebooting the DC universe using ‘The Flash’ as a jumping off point.
‘The Flash’ reintroduces us to Barry Allen a.k.a the Flash, played by embattled actor Ezra Miller. Adopted from the Flashpoint story line, ‘The Flash’ deals with the repercussions of of Allen going back in time to prevent the murder of his mother. How he deals with the problems that come up due to this decision make up the rest of the movie.
As is the trend with quite a lot of the recent comic book movies, ‘The Flash’ also deals with the concept of a multiverse as was teased in the trailers for the movie with the appearance of Michael Keaton as Batman.
But this isn’t the last surprise the movie has in store for the audience. There are several more cameos that are sure to leave a smile on the face of members of the audience, provided they know the history of DC movies.
More often than not, the comedic moments in these movies are usually a hit or a miss. But, ‘The Flash’ genuinely does have some hilarious quips and gags.
Most of the cast do commendable jobs in their roles, with Ezra Miller and Michael Keaton being the stand-out performers. Sasha Calle as Supergirl also leaves a mark in her newly minted role, but her limited screen time does hamper the effect.
Michael Shannon as the villainous General Zod doesn’t have the same menace he had in ‘Man of Steel’. As such, the movie f-els like it doesn’t have a proper antagonist.
But other reviews stating that ‘The Flash’ is the greatest superhero movie ever doesn’t track. The action is way too CGI heavy and while the story claims to have an emotional heart, audience just aren’t invested in the characters enough to care about what happens to them.
It’s still a fun movie to watch, and more importantly sets up a possible new direction that DC movies could now go down.
The final scene of the movie is by far the most surprising and perhaps the most joyous.
Verdict: One mostly for the hardcore DC movies fan. PS: There is one post credit scene, but it isn’t worth the effort of waiting through 10 minutes of credits to see. Once the movie ends, exit stage left.
Review: The Flash
A scene from the film
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