Justice League review: Action-packed but lacks goofy fun like Thor: Ragnarok
MANY comic book fans were underwhelmed by the long and ponderous Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice.
Many comic book fans were underwhelmed by the long and ponderous Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice.
They might prefer Justice League, a less pretentious tale that boils the superhero genre down to its essentials of a dastardly baddie intent on galactic domination and a rum bunch of good folk trying to stop him.
The death of Superman has opened the floodgates to crime.
Justice League preview: Steppenwolf attacks
The greatest threat comes from ancient warrior Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) and his minions the Parademons.
So Ben Affleck’s glum Batman and Gal Gadot’s charismatic Wonder Woman form a league of heroes to fight alongside Cyborg (Ray Fisher), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and The Flash, played by a scene-stealing Ezra Miller.
This efficient blockbuster dutifully serves up frenetic action-packed mayhem with a smattering of wisecracking irreverence but it feels awfully familiar and lacks the goofy fun of the recent Thor: Ragnarok.
