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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Carlos F

@RT91150359 6h

Overall really good just make sure you watch the ultimate edition.

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Dylan H

@Bweefi 14h

Only thing saving this is the Batman choreography

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Tj B

@RT77549479 1d

Bad take and a complete waste of many good things. Batman’s suit looking incredible, both of them. Ben did okay as Batman. Love Jessie but HORRIBLY miscast as lex here. This movie tried to do and be so much that it gets overloaded with splitting the work load of what it’s setting up. Wonder Woman was unneeded here and bringing in doomsday and the death of Superman was the worst choice I could imagine for this film. Batman does kill in this film but honestly that’s forgivable over some of the other things. It’s a shame what this movie turned into after the hype it generated and the idea of what it could have been.

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The S.

@BrandonS2025 1d

The action in the movie is really good. I was really glad to see Wonder Woman too. However, I'm not happy that they killed Superman.

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Mattingly R.

@mattingly_theflash 2d

i'd give it lower if i could

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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)