The Flash (2023)

Movie Title: The Flash (2023)

Year of Release: 2023

Directed by: Andy Muschietti

Running Time: 2 hours 24 minutes

Warning(s): Extreme Violence

Starring: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon

Movie Summary:

Barry Allen is struck by a bolt of lightning and thus, an extraordinary power is born inside him: The Speed Force. When he uses this power to run back in time and save his mother, he creates a world without heroes and General Zod has returned. To defeat him, his only hope rests in the hands of a retired Batman, another Barry and an imprisoned Kryptonian.

The POPGORGE Skinny:

I fully understand why they never gave up on this movie, Ezra Miller’s problematic and chaotic personal life notwithstanding.

For one, it’s an excellent movie. Well written. Well directed. Well acted. Ezra Miller, for all his flaws beyond the camera lens, is unnaturally charismatic and carries the entire movie on the strength of his bottomless magnetism.

For two, the movie has such a unique story and plot that it could be clearly viewed as the Great Reset of the DC cinematic universe. Everything DC henceforth could flow from this Big Bang, so to speak. Of course, this is just me talking out of my ass and drawing conclusions from what’s been trotted out of the DC franchise in the last 24 months. But, we’ll see.

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