Every film has a reason behind its existence. Some
possess the purpose to entertain. Some have a propensity to satisfy one’s
creative urge. Zack Snyder’s BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN
OF JUSTICE is no exception. It’s just that the reason it holds
works more in favor of its sequel JUSTICE LEAGUE planned for the next
year release. Consider this a conjunctive chapter that has to be there before
the sequel could finally take off. Obviously the much-dreamt clash between the
world’s two biggest comic book superheroes was another potential orgasmic spectacle
one could never miss to experience on big screens but far-flung from all that, BATMAN
V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE is substantially
a tough and nauseating endurance-test as how much Hollywood trash you can take
at once. And if that wasn’t enough, you get a whole container of Bollywood junk
to make it even tougher for poor you!
Imagine this; a mother is taken hostage by a
maniac who wants to see the son, also a superhero by passion, in wrestle with
the other superhero. I don’t want to put you on the spot but if you’re an
ardent fan of these two DC comic characters, you would know better that they
will stop at nothing. Well, you got what you asked for. They are out now to
kill each other before something supernatural strikes. The son, at the very
final flash, recites his mother’s first name. Guess what? The other superhero has
a mother of same first name too. Bingo. The two have now joined their hands to
take down the scheming baddie. Sounds familiar? I know. We have been gulping
down this bitter mixture for centuries. The problem doesn’t rest in the unintelligible
and unimaginative plot but in shamelessly marching ahead from one muddy mess to
other convenient chaos.
Superman [HENRY CAVILL] is held
responsible for all the causalities constantly taking place in his insensitive missions
to save the world. People have started labeling him as an ‘unwanted alien’
to the earth. Even the Gotham city has few unfortunate hits under his name.
Batman [BEN AFFLECK] must stop him. Meanwhile, the evil head Lex
Luthor [JESSE EISENBERG] has his own plans to establish his supremacy
in the Metropolis city. One of them is, of course, to bring both the superheroes
in the same arena, against each other. AMY ADAMS plays Clark Kent’s love
interest mostly to get herself into troubles so that the Superman could come
and save her. An interesting and comparatively satisfying addition in the cast
comes as the Israeli beauty from THE FAST & FURIOUS series GAL GADOT playing
the Wonder Woman.
Talking about the Hollywood trash; BATMAN V
SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE emerges as an average
sci-fi action entertainer that tries too many formulaic elements it possibly could.
The conflict between the superheroes is undercooked and often confusing. God knows
why couldn’t they just sit and talk in lengths to clean the slate. We have seen
them performing this rather impressive (verbal) action in their earlier
independent ventures. The overtly done and excessively exposed action sequences
also don’t really add any substance to the intensity of the conflict, and only
target your appetite to watch something mammoth if not necessarily momentous created
in heavily confident CG machines.
Overall, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN
OF JUSTICE doesn’t do justice to any of your favorite superheroes
featured in it. Performances range from being superficial to mediocre and one-dimensional.
A lot would have been better if the plot hasn’t been so incoherent, lousy,
convenient and Bollywood-ish! It looks so inspired from us that even you can
sue them for creative and cultural plagiarism. After all, kidnapping mothers is
a trademark move for all the Prem Chopras, Ranjeets and Shakti
Kapoors of Bollywood, not some Jesse Eisenbergs. Justice denied!
[2/5]
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