Director's cut of 2017's Justice League. Director Zack Snyder left that production - due to the death of his daughter - before finishing and it was left to Joss Whedon to finish up. While Snyder intended to release two movies, each running at two hours, the released film included significant reshoots and came in at just 90 minutes. Since Justice League's release, fans have petitioned for the #SnyderCut. Thanks to them, and HBO Max, the original edit with reworked special effects is due to be released in 2021.
While the story's basic framework is said to be unchanged, Snyder's version will not feature any of Whedon's reshoots and will include extensive unused footage including backstories, world-building elements and new characters.
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
As the film progressed, I found myself enjoying it. Quite a bit. But it was difficult to know how much that enjoyment was influenced by my memories of how awful the 2017 version was, or if the new cut is simply a good film in its own right.
Full reviewIt manages to engage a surprising amount, showcasing spectacular action and undeniably effective spectacle with a more coherent (albeit bloated) story.
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As a salvage job on one of cinema's biggest catastrophes, this is startlingly ambitious and deeply rewarding film-making.
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It's an utterly fascinating experiment that deserves to be seen. Perhaps that’s enough.
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Feels less like a vital re-energization of the form than a ponderous guided tour through a museum's worth of familiar superhero-movie tropes and convention.
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Has its share of problems... but it's an undeniably passionate and moving work. It earns its self-importance.
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The ultimate in blockbuster fan service arrives with a $70 million price tag and a deadening sense of overkill.
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Watching this intermittently rewarding epic - if nothing else a spectacle of completed vision - stirred up surprising emotions.
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Even a good superhero flick (and this definitely isn't) shouldn't be this long.
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May not be a great film, but it has the madness, strangeness and obsessiveness of a real work of art.
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Includes discussion of a brand-new scene shot for the movie.
Here’s how Zack Snyder’s highly anticipated film has an opportunity to become game-changer for the superhero genre.
Paul Feig and David Ayer have expressed interest in recutting ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Suicide Squad’ respectively.
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