★★★

The year is 2017. DC’s Justice League is finally game and set to challenge Marvel’s thus far almighty dominance in cinematic world building. The film bombed. Few emerged unscathed. Gal Gadot shone, of course, but it was franchise newcomers Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller that stole the show. Let’s fast forward. While Gadot and Momoa saw solo outings rapidly release, it’s taken six long years for Miller to win his own run in the sun. Owing to a string of high profile indiscretions and a very public mental health crisis, it may well be his last. Perhaps that’s why Flash feels so strongly like one last DCEU hurrah. There are other reasons – a reboot looms, for one – but some must go unspoiled.