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This is a very, very good, gritty science-fiction road-trip chase movie. Think Terminator 2 or Children of Men, except the child is the opposite of defenseless or helpless.

Don't expect a superhero movie - it definitely is not. Super powers are nearly nonexistent. People expecting cheap laughs, explosions, CGI, and the typical "the good guys will win" movie (e.g. Avengers) may be disappointed. This is a character drama with occasional bouts of violence that demonstrate the brutal reality of being clawed.

This is a movie about aging, mortality, vulnerability, parenting and legacy.

It is not a perfect movie, but its a damn good one that has me still thinking about it now, long after the credits ended. Despite a simple plot, there were plot holes and the villains needed more backstory. However, despite the movie running for over two hours I still wanted more.

This movie demonstrates how famous comic book characters can be presented in standalone movies, without blatantly setting up a sequel.

Lastly, Dafne Keen was excellent. Hopefully her career amounts to more than Edward Furlong's.

This movie is slow, long, dark and almost humorless. Superman doesn't talk much and has such a furrowed brow he looks constipated most of the time. We get to relieve the killing of Batman's parents for about the 1000th time in a Batman movie. Batman wants to kill Superman, which seems forced and unbelievable. Obviously later, they'll make up and be friends. Lex Luthor is young, has hair, talks in riddles and is seemingly psychotic. Every time Wonder Woman appears in battle gear a weird tribal melody plays - it's really cheesy. There were plot holes that irked me after the movie. The CGI towards the end of the movie was horrible. This movie I felt was comparable to Avengers Age of Ultron - it could of been a great movie but it ended up a convoluted mess.

They need to put a health warning on the DVD cover of this movie because I felt like I was going to vomit after 15 minutes. I couldn't take any more.

I'm not a fan of shaky camera, but I can appreciate it if used appropriately, for example in found footage films or certain action scenes.

However, in this movie the camera was constantly bouncing around, and I mean CONSTANTLY. In scenes in which two people are standing still and talking to each other, the camera still bounces and flicks around, as if you are getting the first person view of a bystander with ADHD!

One minute the camera is aimed at someone's face, then suddenly - BAM! it whizzes down and your looking at the ground, then suddenly - BAM! it whizzes back up and your looking at a shaky face, then BAM! You get the point...

Up down, left right, up down, left right, NEVER EVER STILL FOR A SINGLE SECOND. Was there a constant earthquake? Was the cameraman high on ice?

If you want to throw up, go watch this movie.