First of all, the good news: the
titular smackdown is everything a fanboy would hope for in a Batman vs Superman film, as two pop
culture icons exchange powerful blows and pummel each other through brick walls.
The bad news is that everything leading up to said smackdown is a tedious drag.
Somewhere in this incoherently structured script there’s an intriguing Superman
flick and a deliciously dark Batman movie begging to be greenlit, but director
Zack Snyder is too busy littering this big Warner Bros. project with references
to a wider DC universe in the making. Still, a glorious last minute
introduction to another DC character and a final battle that feels lifted from
a Greek tragedy give BvS the adrenaline
rush it so desperately needs. Scrapes a pass. Barely.
3/5
