“The Flash” review: “‘The Flash,’ whose hopped-up title character describes himself as ‘the janitor of the Justice League,’ runs so fast he can revisit the past. This discovery leads to his big idea: saving his mother from a long-ago senseless murder.”
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Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones returns later this month for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” Meantime, and we’ll take the good news where we can find it: Michael Keaton’s back as Batman in “The Flash,” a stand-alone DC Comics movie devoted to Barry Allen/The Flash, but periodically elevated by Keaton’s low-keyed, high-impact charisma as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Also the new Supergirl, played by Sasha Calle — she’s good. Good, and feral. The movie is OK, and less feral.
The movie works like a series of digital Post-it Notes, reminding you relentlessly of related material. Images of Henry Cavill’s Superman, Helen Slater’s Supergirl and many other fragments of the DC IP warehouse flit by as Barry navigates the timelines. In these scenes, the digital manipulation of the imagery takes on a deliberately eerie “Polar Express” retro-digital vibe.
So much of “The Flash” is neither, despite the budget and the effort. In their earlier, supporting-rank Flash appearances, Miller didn’t have the burden of carrying a project. Here, they do, and Miller’s performances feel strained, pushy,in ways that go beyond the dictates of the storyline. Inevitably this will be interpreted as a direct result of the multiple assault and harassmentdogging Miller for years now.
Keaton isn’t the only Batman here; Ben Affleck shows up, too, and there’s a special guest star for the epilogue. But Keaton is the one who brings both effortless gravity and subtle levity to a film that, without him, wouldn’t have much of either.How to watch: Premieres in theaters June 15
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