The Flash
The Flash
Barry Allen is struck by a bolt of lightning and thus, an extraordinary power is born inside him: The Speed Force. When he uses this power to run back in time and save his mother, he creates a world without heroes and General Zod has returned. To defeat him, his only hope rests in the hands of a retired Batman, another Barry and an imprisoned kryptonian.
Mike Martins reviewedJune 19, 2025
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"A Flashy Mess That Trips Over Its Own Agenda"
The Flash (2023) had the potential to be a triumphant return for the DC Universe—especially with Michael Keaton back as Batman and a multiverse full of possibilities—but instead, it derails into a confused, overly "woke" spectacle that forgets what made the character great to begin with.
The core problem? It sacrifices story and legacy for virtue-signaling and messy storytelling. The tone is wildly inconsistent—jumping from forced humor to awkward sentiment—and the once-iconic characters feel hollow or mishandled. Barry Allen is written more like a socially awkward TikTok meme than a superhero, and the emotional beats never land because they’re buried under CGI chaos and political undertones.
It’s clear Warner Bros. wanted to ride the multiverse trend while checking boxes rather than honoring decades of comic lore. The visual effects are jarringly bad for a big-budget film, and the pacing is a slog despite all the action.
Nostalgia bait can only carry a movie so far—especially when it forgets to respect its own source material. The Flash tries to be everything and ends up being nothing.