Third Flash film.
The hero has now his own trilogy.
Leonardo DiCaprio left the role. If he hadn’t, Scorsese would refuse to work with him on Shutter Island.
The actor still remained behind the camera to the veteran director’s disliking.
To better match with a younger Barry actor, Iris was re-cast too.
Mel Brooks and Terry Gilliam consulted unofficially on the previous film. This time, both took on a more active part in the production.
Here we get the closest to have The Rouges.
Flash will have his hands full!!!
Mirror Master is the first villain of several to appear. He seems to be a bit supernatural here.
Mirror World is visited. It’s not populated by Orinocas as in the comics.
It's rather a plain mirror version of our own reality. But with a few differences.
Maybe some of the villains get to our world through portals? Who knows?
Midway through the film, Barry accidently ends up in 1990.
When he returns to present day, things have changed. Iris only know him as a childhood classmate.
And the Barry Allen of this alternate reality is a car mechanic without superpowers.
If he doesn’t reset time again and correct what’s wrong, he will lose his memories and become his new self.
There’s no Jay Garrick to help out this time!
This is quite an action-packed film. Heavier than the previous two (just look at the director!)
But there’s a lot of humor. Without it taking over.
Some classic surrealism also plays a big part
The script writers and the crew weaved some commedia dell’arte elements into the film.
The story flirts with Time Machine by H.G. Wells and Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett.
There’s traces of Gustave Flaubert and Dario Fo, in general. No specific work by them has more impact than the rest
Since there’s a new actor, the character is a bit different despite being the same as before.
Donald Sutherland and Richard Harris were an inspiration
On the director side, there’s a blend of the 80s films by Robert Zemeckis and Ivan Reitman here. Now and then, it’s quite noticeable.
You know the saying “always go for the best”?
The composer does from time to time almost copy the basics behind the classical music guys Vivaldi and Brahms. He did it on purpose.
A little Dixieland jazz is heard playing in the background in one scene.
Denis King and his orchestra plays live at a concert hall in another scene. It’s mostly swing and typical big band music then.
Norwegian pop group A-ha were talked into recording a song for the film.
One of the cameos is just a picture. It’s a poster of a Booster Gold movie, starring no-one else than… Zac Efron.
Does this clear things up or make everything more confusing?
We know the character has appeared in two earlier DC films. But it seems he’s just a fictional character in Flash’s world.
The usual easter eggs (without the characters showing up, like it’s always done):
Black Canary
Hourman
Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
Constantine
Return of the Flash (Paramount, 2011)
filmed in Kansas City and Denver
Directed by Tony Scott
Produced by Marsha Oglesby, Baz Lurhmann
Co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Mel Brooks, Terry Gilliam
Written by Paul Attansio, Steve Kloves
Additional writing: Terry Gilliam
Music by: Mark Isham
incl re-arr of Flash theme by Giorgio Moroder & Jay Gruska
Costume design: Sanja Milkovic Hays
CAST
Barry Allen/Flash: Garret Hedlund
Iris West: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sam Scudder/Mirror Master: Cillian Murphy
Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Leonard Snart/Captain Cold: Kevin Spacey
Gorilla Grodd: Michael Clarke Duncan (voice)
Cameos and minor roles
Mayor of Central City: Alec Baldwin
Booster Gold movie poster: Zac Efron
Caretaker: Tim Curry
Package delivery man: Joshua Jackson
Denis King as himself
Teenager in 1990: Skandar Keynes
Futurist architect in 1990: Julianne Moore
Alternate reality
Car mechanics: Steve Buscemi, Chris Rock
Dissatisfied customer: Naomi Watts
Mirror World:
Chief of police: John Travolta
Mob boss: Harold Ramis
Mayor: David Strathaim
The hero has now his own trilogy.
Leonardo DiCaprio left the role. If he hadn’t, Scorsese would refuse to work with him on Shutter Island.
The actor still remained behind the camera to the veteran director’s disliking.
To better match with a younger Barry actor, Iris was re-cast too.
Mel Brooks and Terry Gilliam consulted unofficially on the previous film. This time, both took on a more active part in the production.
Here we get the closest to have The Rouges.
Flash will have his hands full!!!
Mirror Master is the first villain of several to appear. He seems to be a bit supernatural here.
Mirror World is visited. It’s not populated by Orinocas as in the comics.
It's rather a plain mirror version of our own reality. But with a few differences.
Maybe some of the villains get to our world through portals? Who knows?
Midway through the film, Barry accidently ends up in 1990.
When he returns to present day, things have changed. Iris only know him as a childhood classmate.
And the Barry Allen of this alternate reality is a car mechanic without superpowers.
If he doesn’t reset time again and correct what’s wrong, he will lose his memories and become his new self.
There’s no Jay Garrick to help out this time!
This is quite an action-packed film. Heavier than the previous two (just look at the director!)
But there’s a lot of humor. Without it taking over.
Some classic surrealism also plays a big part
The script writers and the crew weaved some commedia dell’arte elements into the film.
The story flirts with Time Machine by H.G. Wells and Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett.
There’s traces of Gustave Flaubert and Dario Fo, in general. No specific work by them has more impact than the rest
Since there’s a new actor, the character is a bit different despite being the same as before.
Donald Sutherland and Richard Harris were an inspiration
On the director side, there’s a blend of the 80s films by Robert Zemeckis and Ivan Reitman here. Now and then, it’s quite noticeable.
You know the saying “always go for the best”?
The composer does from time to time almost copy the basics behind the classical music guys Vivaldi and Brahms. He did it on purpose.
A little Dixieland jazz is heard playing in the background in one scene.
Denis King and his orchestra plays live at a concert hall in another scene. It’s mostly swing and typical big band music then.
Norwegian pop group A-ha were talked into recording a song for the film.
One of the cameos is just a picture. It’s a poster of a Booster Gold movie, starring no-one else than… Zac Efron.
Does this clear things up or make everything more confusing?
We know the character has appeared in two earlier DC films. But it seems he’s just a fictional character in Flash’s world.
The usual easter eggs (without the characters showing up, like it’s always done):
Black Canary
Hourman
Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
Constantine
Return of the Flash (Paramount, 2011)
filmed in Kansas City and Denver
Directed by Tony Scott
Produced by Marsha Oglesby, Baz Lurhmann
Co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Mel Brooks, Terry Gilliam
Written by Paul Attansio, Steve Kloves
Additional writing: Terry Gilliam
Music by: Mark Isham
incl re-arr of Flash theme by Giorgio Moroder & Jay Gruska
Costume design: Sanja Milkovic Hays
CAST
Barry Allen/Flash: Garret Hedlund
Iris West: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sam Scudder/Mirror Master: Cillian Murphy
Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Leonard Snart/Captain Cold: Kevin Spacey
Gorilla Grodd: Michael Clarke Duncan (voice)
Cameos and minor roles
Mayor of Central City: Alec Baldwin
Booster Gold movie poster: Zac Efron
Caretaker: Tim Curry
Package delivery man: Joshua Jackson
Denis King as himself
Teenager in 1990: Skandar Keynes
Futurist architect in 1990: Julianne Moore
Alternate reality
Car mechanics: Steve Buscemi, Chris Rock
Dissatisfied customer: Naomi Watts
Mirror World:
Chief of police: John Travolta
Mob boss: Harold Ramis
Mayor: David Strathaim