Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Ultimate Edition Review

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice:
Ultimate Edition

Release Date: 20th July 2016 - Australia (Blu-ray Only)

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)

DC Comics
DC Entertainment

RatPac Entertainment (in association with)

Atlas Entertainment
Cruel and Unusual Films

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 182 minutes

Budget: $250,000,000

Plot Summary

It's been nearly two years

since the city of Metropolis

was almost devastated by

the colossal battle between

Superman and General Zod. Some people begin to fear him for his great power, including Gotham City's vigilante Batman, who sees Superman as a threat to everyone else and embarks on a personal vendetta. Contrariwise, Superman fears that Batman's actions are reckless and tries to stop him. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor, owner of Lex Corp, is devising something big that will destroy humanity! Will one triumph over the other? Or will Lex Luthor take over Metropolis?

Cast

Henry Cavill - Clark Kent/
Superman

Ben Affleck - Bruce Wayne/
Batman

Jesse Eisenberg - Lex Luthor

Amy Adams - Lois Lane

Diane Lane - Martha Kent

Laurence Fishburne - Perry
White

Jeremy Irons - Alfred
Pennyworth

Holly Hunter - June Finch

Gal Gadot - Wonder Woman

Scoot McNairy - Wallace Keefe

Callan Mulvey - Anatoli Knyazev

Tao Okamoto - Mercy Graves

Michael Cassidy - Jimmy Olsen

James Mamoa - Aquaman (Cameo)

Ray Fisher - Victor Stone/
Cyborg (Cameo)
Joe Morton - Silas Stone (Cameo)

Ezra Miller - Barry Allen/
Flash (Cameo)

Kevin Costner - Jonathan Kent

Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Thomas Wayne

Lauren Cohan - Martha Wayne

Brandon Spink - Young Bruce
Wayne

Robin Atkin Downes -
Doomsday

Harry Lennix - Secretary

Swanwick

Carla Gugino - Kelor (Voice)

Christina Wren - Major Carrie

Farris

Jena Malone - Jenet Klyburn

Wunmi Mosaku - Kahina Ziri
Dennis North - Senator
Barrows
Sebastian Sozzi - Cesar
Santos
Rebecca Buller - Jenny

Coburn Goss - Father Leone

Joseph Cranford - Pete Ross

Emily Peterson - Lana

Patrick Wilson - President of the United States (Voice)

Patrick Leahy - Senator Purrington (Cameo)

Debbie Stabenow - Metropolis Governor (Cameo)

Vikram Gandhi - Himself

(Cameo)

Andrew Sullivan - Himself

(Cameo)

Charlie Rose - Himself

(Cameo)

Neil deGrasse Tyson -

Himself (Cameo)

Crew

Director - Zack Snyder

Batman Creators - Bob Kane and Bill Finger

Superman Creators - Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

Character Creator: Wonder

Woman - William Moulton Marston

Character: Alfred Pennyworth -

Jerry Robinson (Uncredited)

Writer/Executive Producer - David S. Goyer

Writer - Chris S. Terrio

Associate Producer/First Assistant Director - Bruce Moriarty

Executive Producers - Christopher Nolan,

Wesley Coller, Geoff Johns, Benjamin Melniker,
Michael Uslan and Emma Thomas

Producers - Charles Roven

and Deborah Snyder

Co-Producer - Curt Kanemoto

Co-Producers/Unit Production Managers -

Jim Rowe and Gregor Wilson

Casting Directors - Jo Edna Boldin,

Kristy Carlson and Lora Kennedy

Production Designer - Patrick Tatopoulos

Concept Artists - Michael Meyers,

Vance Kovacs, Victor Martinez, Robert KcKinnon,

Christian Schuerer and Ed Natividad

Supervising Art Director - Tom Sizemore

Art Directors - Lorin Flemming,

Beat Frutiger, Gregory S. Hooper and

Tom Frohling

Art Director: New Mexico Unit - Patricio M. Farrell

Specialty Vehicles/Batmobile - Dennis McCarthy

Set Decorator - Carolyn Loucks

Property Master - Doug Harlocker

Costume Designer - Michael Wilkinson

Makeup Department Head - Victoria Down

Key Makeup Artist - Kate Biscoe

Director of Photography - Larry Fong

Aerial Director of Photography - David B. Nowell

"B" Camera Operator/Director of Photography:

Second Unit - William R. Dalgleish

Supervising Location Manager/Production

Supervisor - William Doyle

Location Manager: Chicago - James McAllister

Production Supervisor - Matthew Hirsch

First Assistant Directors: Second Unit - Rob Burgess,

Brandon Lamboin and Julian Wall

Second Assistant Director - Misha Bukowski

Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Damon Caro

Stunt Coordinator - Tim Rigby

Fight Choreographers - Ryan Watson

and Guillermo Grispo

Aerial Coordinator - David Paris

Special Effects Supervisor - Joel Whist

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor - Joe Letteri

Visual Effects Supervisor - John 'D.J.' Des Jardin

Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Guillaume Rocheron

Visual Effects Supervisor: Scanline VFX -

Bryan Hirota

Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital - Keith Miller

Visual Effects Producer - Josh R. Jaggars

Visual Effects: Method Studios - Olivier Dumont,

Troy Moore, Douglas Bloom, Lisa Goldberg,

Christopher D. Sanchez and Crystal Rossman

Animation Supervisor: Weta Digital - Simeon Duncombe

Visual Effects Production Supervisors:

Scanline VFX - Frank Belina, Stephen Davis,

Evan Fraser, Hans Heymans, Joel Kittle,

Yvonne Munde, Eric Petey, László Sebõ and

Dan Warom

Sound Designer & Supervisor - Scott Hecker

Sound Designer - Chuck Michael

Re-Recording Mixers - Chris Jenkins

and Michael Keller

Foley Artists - Gary A. Hecker

and Rick Owens

Editor - David Brenner

Music - Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL

Additional Music - Steve Mazzaro,

Andrew Kawczynski and Benjamin Wallfisch

Score Mixer & Recordist - Alan Meyerson

Score Wrangler - Bob Badami

Review

It originally premiered in its theatrical cut in 2016, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE remains starkly divisive among fans of DC's two titular protagonists who were the main centre of this movie. Those displeased with the film's dour tone and characterisation should have balanced some lightheartedness instead of its brutal and gritty nature. I had imagined this would be a mild disaster for director Zack Snyder and the DC extended universe, which he helped to create in trying to face the shadow of Marvel. In the film's history, the studio compromised it when they insisted on having a faster-paced cut and trimmed 31 minutes of the picture. Because of this, the final product received a negative backlash, and Snyder took the blame for its reception.

Now that the ULTIMATE EDITION is available to the general public, we can finally experience the missing scenes. However, some bits of awkwardness remained in the new and improved feature. One of those would be the unnecessary introduction of Doomsday and a few expositional scenes. The ULTIMATE version improves the coherence taken down from the narrative and the characterisation. Some of the acting performances in this movie also improved (minus Jesse Eisenberg's insane Lex Luthor).

The ULTIMATE EDITION of BATMAN V SUPERMAN is promising and might make up for those greatly disappointed by the final version. Unfortunately, this edition is out on Blu-ray. It's for those who have waited for a long time for this movie.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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