Film Review: Zack Snyder's Justice League

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy 

Cert: R-rated

Director:  Zack Snyder

Screenwriter: (screenplay by) Chris Terrio, (story by) Zack Snyder, Chris Terrio, Will Beall, (Superman created by) Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Diane Lane, Jared Leto, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Connie Nielsen, J.K. Simmons, Robin Wright, Amy Adams, Karen Bryson, Kiersey Clemons, Jesse Eisenberg, Ray Fisher, Amber Heard, Ciarán Hinds, Jeremy Irons, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Harry Lennix, Joe Manganiello, Joe Morton, Ann Ogbomo, Ray Porter, Samantha Win, Ryan Zheng, Mark Arnold, Gianpiero Cognoli, Willem Dafoe, Peter Guinness, Swaylee Loughnane, Eleanor Matsuura, Lara Decaro,  

Running time: 4h 2min

Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scenes may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: none 

Violence & Gore: The film contains a number of scenes containing stylized, choreographed action sequences, with weapons including knives, pistols, and science fiction material. Slow-motion visual effects are used as enemies fall or fly through the air, often accompanied by stylized blood sprays and splatters. Brief post-action visuals of blood and injury detail heighten the impact of some scenes.

There are lots of bloody battle scenes and action sequences.

A character is graphically disintegrated (more emotional than violent)

An alien's head is graphically blown off in close up with its blood smearing the camera.

Frequent depictions of supernatural/sci-fi action violence with supplied generous blood sprays.

Supernatural creatures' arms/heads/fingers are decapitated during some scenes of strong battle violence.

Supernatural/science-fiction violence occurs infrequently throughout the film but sometimes occasionally.

Profanity: Infrequent use of the words "fuck" & "shit"

3 brief uses of "fuck"

Frequent uses of hell, damn, goddamn, crap and ass.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Some brief scenes of drinking and smoking

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Darkseid is an intimidating villain with god-like powers.

Steppenwolf's appearance is rather creepy and his voice is much darker and deeper than the original cut.

Joker portrays an unco character for only 2 minutes of the film. Some may find him scary

The entire film is creepier than the first cut. Features more CGI and more supernatural beings. Beware, parents.

Story: Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions. The task proves more difficult than Bruce imagined, as each of the recruits must face the demons of their own pasts to transcend that which has held them back, allowing them to come together, finally forming an unprecedented league of heroes. Now united, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash may be too late to save the planet from Steppenwolf, DeSaad, and Darkseid and their dreadful intentions.

Likes: Five years of a campaign for this version of Zack Synder justice league, but was it worth the wait?  Hell yes, it worth waiting for a much superior version to the way joss refilmed this film. This version is a hard-hitting character-driven story that fleshes out the character more especially with Ray fisher's character Cyborg which was ripped from the joss version, which I found after watching this was stupid.

Victor's story is more fleshed out and seeing the father Fuad made the cyborg character more understandable than before, this was given by a great origin story background on how he becomes the machine he becomes to be. which is why personally for me was stupid to take out this was the heart of the film. 

We get more scene that was cut from Atlantis with the cameo of Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko we saw from the Billion dollar box office Aquaman, as well as erasing everything bad from the original version, actually, make it a lot better visually and storytelling perspective. Let talk about how badass and menacing Steppenwolf was here, lets face it that dobby-looking Steppenwolf from the original version wasn't scary or menacing at all, here with the voice of  Ciarán Hinds and the better-looking Steppenwolf really adds to a world-threatening concept.

This was truly how you introduce the big menacing conquer of the world Darkseid to the live-action screen, even though Ray Porter doesn't have many talking parts, it just the sheer presence of Darkseid manner standing there like a true god that you would be in fear off. It's just how Darkseid should be, those saying Synder doesn't know the characters, this film proves that he does. 

Gal Gadot wonder woman is completely different from the film's before, Zack has given her a true warriors heart that doesn't hold back, especial in the end fight with Steppenwolf, she, not the same as in the previous films she more brutal and will take you out if you threat peoples lives, maybe not the way Petty Jenkinson would have done with her, but it was welcome and refreshing to she be more like a warrior. 

Henry Cavill perfect as superman as always, I'm glad they got rid of that stupid scene in the Memorial from joss version that was so stupid, He been more of an edger superman, as well as Ben Affleck batman Synder taken why that over obsessive light tone with him and give a true batman. 

In the film as a whole, the visual effects are stunning, the story is well written, and given a whole new perspective, which the films are amazing it does have a few things I didn't like, but as a whole, this film needs a Justice league 2 and 3 to complete a trilogy because the film does hint at a sequel which needs to be done.         

Dislikes: Only things I didn't like about this film, is the Iris West scene, it was as cringy as the last version with flash land on wonder woman with his face in her boobs that was seriously Cringy, but here in this version that moments were still just slightly cringy like flash was perving on someone he just met I really didn't like this scene. 

The epilogue nightmare scene didn't really need to be there unless it had some purpose, because if they aren't gonna allow Synder to continue this version of the justice league you just leaving an open end film that needs closure.

And the other thing Lois is the key thing, it kind of shows a brief moment of then but doesn't really go anywhere, which I felt was missed opportunity to go in a direction for that to play out unless that being left for the sequel.    

      

Overall: Superior version, better character development, do superman and batman justice, gave a better drive story with Darkseid and Steppenwolf   

Rating:  5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 9.5 out of 10 for a superior version of the justice league.