Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

PG-13

2016

2h 33m

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

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It's been nearly two years since Superman's colossal battle with Zod devastated the city of Metropolis. The loss of life and collateral damage left many feeling angry and helpless, including crime-fighting billionaire Bruce Wayne. Convinced that Superman is now a threat to humanity, Batman embarks on a personal vendetta to end his reign on Earth, while the conniving Lex Luthor launches his own crusade against the Man of Steel.

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Critics Consensus

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice smothers a potentially powerful story -- and some of America's most iconic superheroes -- in a grim whirlwind of effects-driven action.

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Samantha Riedel

Bitch Media

02/10/2021

Let's not make any bones about it - on any scale, Dawn of Justice is painful to watch.

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Matthew Rozsa

Salon.com

08/03/2017

2.5/4

It is without question an important film today, and a quintessential product of the America we inhabit.

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Aramide Tinubu

Shadow and Act

04/12/2017

There is much to claw through here, so much so that the audience might easily find themselves exhausted from the overall aggression of the film. However, a lot of the story does work. The action is good, and the emotion feels real most of the time.

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Lane Mills

InSession Film

Apr 2

C

Get all that you can out of the big budget on display here, because it’s about the only thing worth watching BvS for.

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Kyle Logan

Cultured Vultures

Feb 13

There’s real thematic meat here...but then Doomsday arrives and...it regresses into a repeat of the overblown finale of Man of Steel.

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Tania Hussain

The Hudsucker

07/10/2024

With a well-painted influence from the Man of Steel’s darkened hues and dramatic imaging, Batman v Superman is a very naturalistic story with a somber script.

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Nicholas D

07/18/2023

bad bad movie way too long

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Bret M.

@BretM-3 2d

SPOILER ALERT Oh boy, this is a controversial movie if I’ve ever seen one! Most fans hate it, Snyderbros love it. Where do I stand on it? Well as a second film in a cinematic universe akin to the MCU, it’s pretty bad, but as the second part of Zack Snyder’s trilogy, it’s not really that bad to me. In fact, this is kind of a guilty pleasure movie for me. I know it’s a pretty mid film, but I still get a fair amount of enjoyment from it. For starters, Zack Snyder really has an eye for these big action blockbusters, and I think that is super present in this movie. It feels grand in scope and like a tale of epic proportions. But unfortunately, I don’t think Zack Snyder really understands our main 2 characters. Batman kills and uses guns, something completely against his character, and Superman is dark, depressing looking, and also a murderer. That’s probably, in my opinion, the biggest flaw of this movie: the mischaracterization.Other than that, this is a guilty pleasure movie that I enjoy

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Melv C

@happymelv May 31

So much sluggish story and that Lex Luthor's character wasn't one for me... thankfully Snyder kept his action high which I wanted!

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Deogracious N

@deogracious May 15

Everytime i watched this movie i thought i was watching the theatrical cut and i found it, just like a ton of Zack Synder's projects, to be BORING. So when i found out that the version i had always been watching was the ultimate edition i gave up on his "vision". A whole 3 hours of sub-par dialogue mixed with clarse fight scenes. Kick-kick, Punch-punch!!

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Berkeley P

@RT89810829 May 11

I was in the mood for a fun bad movie. This wasn't fun bad. It's just egregiously, unapologetically awful. The dialogue, the inconsistent fight choreography quality, the Swiss cheese plot, Jessie eisenberg's wildly over the top performance, and the unforgivable heel-dragging runtime. Not to mention, if you have any appreciation of the source material this the basement of the original characters is insulting.

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Stephen G.

@Mangaloverx999x May 10

I really enjoyed this. Not often do we see two heavyweights of dc go 1v1.

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Synopsis

It's been nearly two years since Superman's colossal battle with Zod devastated the city of Metropolis. The loss of life and collateral damage left many feeling angry and helpless, including crime-fighting billionaire Bruce Wayne. Convinced that Superman is now a threat to humanity, Batman embarks on a personal vendetta to end his reign on Earth, while the conniving Lex Luthor launches his own crusade against the Man of Steel.

Director: Zack Snyder
Producer: Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder
Screenwriter: Chris Terrio, David S. Goyer
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Cruel and Unusual, Warner Bros., Syncopy, Atlas Entertainment, DC Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Action Throughout|Some Sensuality)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 25, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $330.2M
Runtime: 2h 33m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)