The Flash | |
Director: | Andy Muschietti |
Producer: | Walter Hamada Michael Disco Zack Snyder Deborah Snyder Andy Muschietti Barbara Muschietti Marianne Jenkins |
Writer(s): | Christina Hodson Story by: Christina Hodson John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein |
Release Date: | June 16, 2023 |
Running Time: | 144 minutes (theatrical cut) 240 minutes (Director's Cut) |
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The Flash is the thirteenth film in the DC Extended Universe about Barry Allen in a new timeline after traveling back in time to save his mother and must deal with the consequences.
Plot
After helping Bruce Wayne / Batman and Diana Prince / Wonder Woman stop a robbery gone wrong, Barry Allen / The Flash revisits his childhood home. There, he remembers his childhood with parents Nora and Henry, before Henry's wrongful imprisonment for Nora's murder. Overcome by his emotions, Barry accidentally travels back in time to earlier in the day and informs Bruce about it. Despite Bruce's warnings that time travel can have unintended consequences, Barry goes back to the day of Nora's death and prevents it from happening.
As Barry returns to the present, he is knocked out of the Speed Force by another Speedster and ends up in an alternate 2013 where his mother is alive. He finds his past self and realizes he has arrived on the day he originally obtained his powers. Barry and his 2013 counterpart go to the Central City Police Department, where Barry forces 2013-Barry to be struck by lightning, giving 2013-Barry powers, but losing his own powers in the process. As Barry struggles to train 2013-Barry to use his powers, the two of them see a broadcast by General Zod, who is preparing to invade Earth.
The Barrys attempt to assemble the Justice League but are unsuccessful as in this timeline, they are unable to locate Wonder Woman, Victor Stone has not been in his accident yet, and Arthur Curry was never born. The two travel to Wayne Manor, hoping to find Batman, but instead find an older version of Bruce Wayne who has retired from crimefighting. They convince Bruce to help them find Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman.
Using a backdoor connection to NASA within the Batcave, Flash and Batman are able to locate a Kryptonian pod that was reportedly discovered in Siberia. Upon arrival, they instead find Kara Zor-El, a female Kryptonian who claims to be Kal-El's cousin. After rescuing Kara from the facility, Barry asks Bruce to help him get his powers back by recreating the original accident. The first attempt fails and nearly kills Barry, prompting Kara to fly Barry into the storm and get struck by lightning, successfully reviving his powers.
Kara and Bruce join the two Barrys to fight Zod's forces. During the battle with Zod, Kara learns that Zod intercepted an infant Kal-El's escape pod and killed him during a failed attempt to retrieve the Growth Codex needed to remake Earth into Krypton. The two fight, with Zod overpowering and killing Kara, while Batman is also killed.
Eventually, the dark Speedster who originally knocked Barry out of the Speed Force returns and turns out to be Dark Flash. He explains the causal loop paradox that led to his own creation, but wants to stop him from reversing his actions by letting Nora die. Angry, the dark Speedster attempts to kill Barry, but impales 2013-Barry, who sacrifices himself to save Barry and wipes the dark Speedster from the timeline.
In the aftermath, Barry undoes the changes he made to the timeline erasing the dystopian timeline and comes to terms with his mother's death. However, he makes a minor change in the past, which creates new evidence in the present day that proves Henry's innocence. After returning to the present and helping to exonerate Henry, Barry is contacted by Bruce whose appearance has again been altered as a result of Barry's timeline change.
In a post-credits scene, Barry tells a drunken Arthur Curry about his experiences traveling the multiverse.
Cast
- Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash, Barry Allen/The Flash and Dark Flash
- Ian Loh as Young Barry Allen
- Sasha Calle as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl
- Michael Shannon as General Zod
- Ron Livingston as Henry Allen and Henry Allen
- Maribel Verdú as Nora Allen and Nora Allen
- Kiersey Clemons as Iris West
- Antje Traue as Faora-Ul
- Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth
- Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
- Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry
- Temuera Morrison as Thomas Curry
- Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Patty Spivot and Patty Spivot
- Rudy Mancuso as Albert Desmond and Albert Desmond
- Sanjeev Bhaskar as David Singh
- Luke Brandon Field as Al Falcone
- Rosie Ede as Mrs. Curry
- Nicolas Cage as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
- George Clooney as Bruce Wayne
- Jason Ballantine as Jay Garrick/Flash
- Adam West as Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Christopher Reeve as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
- Helen Slater as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl
- Henry Cavill as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
- George Reeves as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
References to the broader DC Extended Universe
- Barry Allen/The Flash appears and Barry Allen/The Flash and Dark Flash are introduced.
- Bruce Wayne/Batman appears.
- Bruce Wayne/Batman appears.
- Kara Zor-El/Supergirl is introduced.
- Iris West appears.
- Nora Allen and her Flashpoint counterpart are introduced.
- Henry Allen appears and his Flashpoint counterpart is introduced.
- General Zod appears.
- Wonder Woman appears.
- Faora appears.
- Arthur Curry appears.
- Patty Spivot and her Flashpoint counterpart are introduced.
- Albert Desmond and his Flashpoint counterpart are introduced.
- David Singh is introduced.
- Al Falcone is introduced.
- Thomas Curry is introduced.
- The Batcave appears.
- Batmobile appears.
- Batwing appears.
- Superman is mentioned.
- Alfred Pennyworth is mentioned.
- Victor Stone is mentioned.
- Metahumans are mentioned.
- Carmine Falcone is mentioned.
- Justice League were mentioned.
- Bruce uses Hold On, Let's Go, How Much Do You Heigh and the Let's Get Nuts line from Batman.
- The events from Man of Steel is mentioned.
- Barry time travels to the events from Man of Steel
Taglines
- Worlds Collide.
Production
The film was shot in the UK.
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DC Extended Universe | |
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Released Films | Man of Steel | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Suicide Squad | Wonder Woman | Justice League | Aquaman | Shazam! | Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) Wonder Woman 1984 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | The Suicide Squad | Black Adam Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | The Flash | Blue Beetle |