THE FL ASH
Batman Returns
“Cut! Ezra, can you see what you did wrong there?”
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12A | 145 minutes
Director Andy Muschietti
Cast Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemonn
Some films arrive with baggage; The Flash has an entire airport carousel. The long-ingestation DC superhero project has been mired in behind-thescenes controversy thanks to the erratic offscreen behaviour of its star, Ezra Miller. It’s had multiple scripts (and directors), been bumped about the schedules and finally fallen foul of the changing creative tides at DC. Despite all of this, it emerges more or less intact, even if it suffers in comparison to the recent – and astonishing – Across The Spider-Verse.
Barry Allen (Miller) is splitting his time between his day job and helping other heroes, most notably Ben Affleck’s Batman. He’s troubled, however, by his father’s impending trial. Henry Allen (Ron Livingston, replacing Billy Crudup in the role) is in prison for the murder of Barry’s mother, Nora (Maribel Verdú) – acrime that Barry remains convinced he didn’t commit. When Barry discovers that he can travel in time, he realises that it would take just a few subtle tweaks to change history and to prevent his mother’s death.