REVIEW: The Flash
The fascination of the multiverse is in its wild possibilities. It gives storytellers the ability to let their imaginations go wild and be creative. Every fantasy becomes a direction in which they can control the narrative. In DC’s new venture, The Flash, director
Andy Muschietti uses the multiverse as a way to drive Barry’s (Ezra Miller) motivation and make this a rollercoaster ride of emotions.
The film follows Barry Allen (Miller) who is a forensic scientist and moonlights as the speedster. In a flashback, we see that his mother is murdered by a mysterious stranger while he’s just a few rooms away. Barry’s dad is blamed, then taken to prison and he’s left to grow up on his own.
Years later, Barry is juggling his dual life, but it gets even more complicated as Barry discovers he can travel through time. He has the possibility to rewrite history and save his parents or meddle with the multiverse and cause all types of chaos. Which does he choose?
Superhero movies usually often use time travel to move the narrative along and use it as a relate and personal motive. Who wouldn’t want to save their mum from dying? With some head bopping music moments with CGI and the sci-fi element becomes the film’s strongest asset.
The Flash has certainly given the DC Universe some hope and one can only hope it goes upwards.
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