Justice League (2017)
You can't save the world alone.
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 15 November 2017 |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction |
| Director | Zack Snyder |
| Starring | Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams |
| Runtime | 120 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes 39% · Rotten Tomatoes (average) 5.3/10 · Metacritic 45/100 · TMDB users 6.1/10 |
| Budget | $300 million |
| Box office | $658 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Zack Snyder’s 2017 film is a 120-minute action-adventure where Bruce Wayne recruits a team of metahumans to stop Steppenwolf from stealing three Mother Boxes. The tone is earnest, leaning on the tagline that you cannot save the world alone. It is less a slick superhero spectacle and more an earnest plea for teamwork. It trusts the audience to care about a group of people who have never met, fighting a war that threatens to end everything.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes sits at 39%, a figure that suggests the film landed with a thud rather than a bang. Metacritic, less binary, offers a 45 out of 100, which it files under mixed or average. The consensus is that the cast carries the weight, while the plot limps behind. Richard Roeper called it "executed with great fun and energy," a sentiment Peter Travers echoed by noting the team chemistry prevents the movie from crumbling. Not everyone bought the charm. Todd McCarthy found the visuals boring and the exposition laborious. The action is loud, but the script is quiet.
How it did with audiences
The budget hit $300 million. Worldwide, it took in $658 million. That gap made it a box office bomb, costing the studio roughly $60 million. In North America, the numbers split: $229 million and $94 million. On TMDB, users rate it 6.1 out of 10.
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Sources
- Justice League on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q20501835 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Justice League (film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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