The Flash review: Satisfying superhero saga with a beating heart

The Flash review: DC’s latest superhero saga takes you on an emotionally-charged journey and allows you to forget yourself. I didn’t expect to feel this delighted stepping back into Zack Snyder’s DC Universe. Not just because of the merits of Andres Muschietti’s The Flash, but also the feeling and familiarity of returning to this world. This interpretation of Alfred, Bruce Wayne, the Batcave, and beyond. The Flash is essentially a sequel to Snyder’s Justice League. Barry Allen (an inimitable Ezra Miller offering perhaps the most affecting DC hero performance since Henry Cavill in Man of Steel) is getting used to the new superhero life. He’s relishing his newfound Justice League friends, as we see in the fun opening set piece where Barry is called away to Gotham to help Batman (Ben Affleck) with some bad guys.