Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
The Flash (2023) delivers a multiverse/time-travel storyline with emotional ambitions around Barry's mother, but the execution is muddled and the plot logic collapses under scrutiny. Acting is uneven — Ezra Miller's dual performance is energetic but erratic, and the CGI-heavy sequences often undermine the performances. Cinematography is serviceable but overly reliant on digital effects that frequently look unfinished, with some notably poor visual quality for a blockbuster of this budget. Novelty gets a bump for the ambitious multiverse concept, the return of Keaton's Batman, and some genuinely inventive set pieces, giving it a distinctive enough flavor within the DCEU — but it still borrows heavily from Spider-Man: No Way Home's template. The ending is unsatisfying, undercutting the emotional sacrifice with a confusing reset and a jarring tonal shift in the final scene that left audiences puzzled rather than moved.