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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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Directed by Zack Snyder
Written by Zack Snyder
David S. Goyer
Chris Terrio
Music by Hans Zimmer
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Studio Warner Bros. Pictures
Rated  PG-13 (R for the Ultimate Edition)
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is the follow up to 2013's Man of Steel. Directed by Zack Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan, and starring returning cast members Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane and Laurence Fishburne and new cast members Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jesse Eisenberg and Jeremy Irons, the film was released on March 25, 2016.

The movie was followed up by the theatrical and director's cut of Justice League.

Cast[]

  • Henry Cavill as Superman
  • Ben Affleck as Batman
  • Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman
  • Amy Adams as Lois Lane
  • Laurence Fishburne as Perry White
  • Diane Lane as Martha Kent
  • Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor
  • Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth
  • Erza Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash
  • Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg
  • Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry/Aquaman
  • Holly Hunter as June Finch
  • Callen Mulvey as Anatoli Knyazev
  • Tao Okamoto as Mercy Graves
  • Scoot McNairy as Wallace Keefe
  • Michael Cassidy as Jimmy Olsen
  • Patrick Wilson as the President of the United States
  • Joe Morton as Silas Stone
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Thomas Wayne
  • Lauren Cohan as Martha Wayne
  • Robin Atkin Downes as the voice of Doomsday
  • Harry Lennix as Secretary Calvin Swanwick
  • Christina Wren as Major Carrie Farris
  • Michael Shannon as General Zod
  • Carla Gugino as the voice of Kelor
  • Jena Malone as Jenet Klyburn (Ultimate Edition)

Plot[]

In 1981, Bruce Wayne witnesses his parents get killed by a mugger. During their funeral, he runs away and falls into a cave, where a circling vortex of bats inspires him. He eventually grows up to become the Batman, a vigilante dedicated to cleaning up the streets of Gotham City. When the Black Zero begins its attack on Earth, Bruce drives through the streets of Metropolis, narrowly avoiding the destruction. He manages to evacuate most the employees out of the Wayne Enterprises office building before Zod's heat vision goes ballistic and causes the structure to collapse, killing a board member named Jack. Bruce tries to help the civilians, saving a little girl and another employee whose legs were crushed by falling debris, all the while watching the battle between Superman and General Zod going on above.

Eighteen months after Superman's debut to the world, society is still reeling from the revelation of aliens existing and Superman himself has become a controversial figure despite the heroic acts he performs. Bruce sees Superman as an existential threat to humanity and is determined to extinguish that threat at all costs despite the protests of his butler Alfred Pennyworth, who worries Bruce is going over the edge. As Bruce has spent almost twenty years fighting crime in Gotham, only to have little to show for his efforts, as well as seeing his sidekick Robin be murdered by the Joker, he's become increasingly bitter, burnt out, and jaded, and his tactics have become more brutal and ruthless, with Superman's appearance only serving to further that.

Lois arrives in the African country of Nairomi to interview a terrorist leader. Her photographer, James Olsen, turns out to be a CIA agent and he's shot and killed when he's discovered. Superman swoops in an saves her while downing a drone. As this happens, people under the employment of Lex Luthor burn some bodies. These deaths are blamed on Superman, with the media debating whether Superman must interfere in these affairs.

After learning of Batman's brutal form of justice (which involves branding certain criminals, leading to them being killed in prison), Clark Kent seeks to expose him via Daily Planet articles. He investigates around Gotham despite Perry's refusal to run anything about Batman. Wayne learns that Russian weapon trafficker Anatoli Knyazev has been contacting LexCorp CEO Lex Luthor. Luthor attempts to persuade Senator June Finch to allow him to import a mineral called kryptonite, irradiated pieces of Kryptonian minerals found in the Indian Ocean discovered after Zod's terraforming attempt, so that it can be used as a deterrent against future Kryptonian and metahuman threats. She declines, but Luthor makes alternative plans with Finch's subordinate, granting him access to Zod's body and the Kryptonian scout ship.

Bruce attends a gala at LexCorp to steal encrypted data from the company's mainframe, but antiquities dealer Diana Prince takes it from him; she returns it after failing to access the information due to it having military grade encryption. While decrypting the drive, Bruce dozes off and has a nightmare of a post-apocalyptic world where he leads rebels against an evil Superman leading an army of flying demonic creatures. He is awakened when the evil Superman tears his heart out of his chest and is then met by an unidentified young man appearing through a portal, who tells him that Lois Lane "is the key" and urges him to find "the others" before vanishing. Bruce awakens startled and then looks through the decrypted drive, which contains files on several metahumans that Luthor gathered over the past year. One is of Diana, who appears in a photo taken during World War I, having not physically aged a day. Another file shows a young man named Barry Allen foiling a convenience store robbery using superhuman speed. The third clip contains footage of a man named Arthur Curry swimming 20,000 feet under the sea and destroying an underwater drone. The last one is of a young man named Victor Stone whose mangled body becomes reconstructed with cybernetics from alien technology. Bruce tells Alfred that he plans to steal and weaponize the kryptonite, if necessary, to fight Superman. Alfred tries to reason with Bruce, but can't get him to see reason.

A widely publicized congressional hearing, led by Finch, is held to question Superman's actions. A bomb smuggled in by Luthor detonates, killing everyone present except Superman. Superman blames himself for not detecting it in time and goes into self-imposed exile, believing his presence is bringing more harm than good. Elsewhere, Batman breaks into LexCorp and steals the kryptonite. He builds a powered exoskeleton, a kryptonite grenade launcher, and a kryptonite-tipped spear. Meanwhile, Luthor enters the Kryptonian ship and accesses its vast database of technology.

Luthor lures Superman out of exile by kidnapping Lois and Martha. He pushes Lois off the top of the LexCorp building. Superman saves her and confronts Luthor, who reveals he secretly manipulated them by fueling their distrust, including paying off prisoners to kill the Bat-branded criminals to make Batman look like a violent and dangerous figure of fear and having his henchmen stage collateral damage and accidental deaths to frame against Superman. Luthor, having been deeply psychologically damaged by the fact that no benevolent protector ever came to save him from his father's abuse, is determined to expose Superman as a fraud to the rest of the world. He demands Superman kill Batman in exchange for Martha's life. Superman reluctantly flies off to Gotham, where he tries to explain the situation to Batman, who instead attacks him and eventually subdues him using a kryptonite gas grenade. As Batman prepares to move in for the kill using the spear, Superman pleads with him to save Martha. Hearing his mother's name makes Batman hesitate in confusion long enough for Lois to arrive and explain what Superman meant. Knowing now that Superman was raised by a human mother, Bruce realizes to his horror that he nearly murdered an innocent man in cold blood and how far he has fallen from grace. He throws the spear aside and promises to rescue Martha.

Superman regains his strength and confronts Luthor on the scout ship while Batman finds Martha being held hostage by Knyazev and his goons in an abandoned warehouse and successfully rescues her. Luthor, refusing to concede loss, executes his backup plan, however, unleashing a mutated monstrosity genetically engineered from DNA from both Zod's body and his own; he calls it "Doomsday". Superman first tries to fly Doomsday up to space, where the President gives the order to launch a nuke at the monster. However, the beast only grows stronger after absorbing the energy. Diana then arrives wearing armor and wielding a sword and a shield, joining Batman and Superman in their fight against the creature; she manages to cut off its hand, but it only makes Doomsday angrier. Superman and Batman realize Doomsday can only be killed by kryptonite, so Lois retrieves the spear. Clark tells Lois he loves her and that she is his world. With Diana restraining Doomsday with her Lasso and Batman weakening it with a Kryptonite grenade, Superman flies in and fatally impales Doomsday in the chest with the spear. In its dying moments, Doomsday manages to get loose and impales Superman, who was weakened by kryptonite exposure, in the chest with a bony protrusion. They both collapse to the ground dead.

Luthor is arrested and his crimes are exposed. Batman later confronts Luthor in prison. Luthor plans to invoke the insanity plea so he will be declared unfit to stand trial, only for Batman to reveal that he's arranged for Luthor to be transferred to Arkham Asylum. As Batman leaves the prison, Luthor cryptically warns that with Superman's death, "the bell has been rung" and "He's coming". A memorial is held for Superman in Metropolis, his sacrifice being mourned by all of humanity the world over. Clark is also declared dead, and Bruce and Diana both attend his funeral in Smallville, with Bruce anonymously covering the costs. Martha gives Lois an envelope containing an engagement ring from Clark. Bruce tells Diana that he is determined to make things right and honor Superman's sacrifice. He asks her to help him form a team of metahumans, starting with those found in Luthor's files, to protect the world in Superman's absence. Diana agrees to help, admitting that while she doesn't have much faith that humanity can stand together after a century of horrors, Superman's sacrifice has also inspired her to get back into the fold. As they depart, the dirt atop Clark's coffin levitates.

Trailer[]

Gallery[]


Superman Films
Film Serials SupermanAtom Man vs. Superman
Theatrical Films Superman and the Mole-MenSuperman: The MovieSuperman IISuperman IIISuperman IV: The Quest for PeaceSuperman ReturnsMan of SteelBatman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeJustice LeagueZack Snyder's Justice LeagueSuperman: Legacy
Spin-off films SupergirlSteel
Made-for-TV/DVD films Superman: 50th Anniversary SpecialLook, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of SupermanSuperman II: The Richard Donner CutThe Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Animated Films Superman: Brainiac AttacksSuperman: DoomsdaySuperman ⁄ Batman: Public EnemiesSuperman ⁄ Batman: ApocalypseSuperman ⁄ Shazam!: The Return of Black AdamAll-Star SupermanSuperman Versus the EliteBatman: The Dark Knight ReturnsSuperman: Unbound
Justice League Justice League: The New FrontierJustice League: Crisis on Two EarthsJustice League: DoomThe Lego MovieThe Flashpoint ParadoxJustice League: War
Shorts The Joker's PlayhouseSuperman 75th Anniversary

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