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What Do Critics Say? The Best & Worst Superhero Movies Of 2016


Title: Suicide Squad
Director(s): David Ayer
Cast: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Cara Delevingne, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, David Harbour, Jim Parrack, Karen Fukuhara, Adam Beach, Common, Ben Affleck, Ezra Miller, Ike Barinholtz.
Synopsis: It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity.  U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do.  However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?


Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 26%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 65%
Metacritic: 40
IMDB: 6.5/10
Cinemascore: B+


Title: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Director(s): Zack Snyder
Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Jesse Eisenberg, Holly Hunter, Scott McNairy, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Callan Mulvey, Tao Okamoto, Ezra Miller, Harry Lennix, Christina Wren, Jena Malone, Kevin Costner.
Synopsis: Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs.  And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.


Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 27%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 64%
Metacritic: 44
IMDB: 6.8/10
Cinemascore: B


Title: X-Men: Apocalypse
Director(s): Bryan Singer
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Sophie Turner, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Olivia Munn, Alexandra Shipp, Tómas Lemarquis, Hugh Jackman.
Synopsis: Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.


Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 48%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 68%
Metacritic: 52
IMDB: 7.1/10
Cinemascore: A-


Title: Marvel's Doctor Strange
Director (s): Scott Derrickson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Chris Hemsworth.
Synopsis: From Marvel comes “Doctor Strange,” the story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange whose life changes forever after a horrific car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he is forced to look for healing, and hope, in an unlikely place—a mysterious enclave known as Kamar-Taj. He quickly learns that this is not just a center for healing but also the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying our reality. Before long Strange—armed with newly acquired magical powers—is forced to choose whether to return to his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.


Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 91%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 89%
Metacritic: 72
IMDB: 7.9/10
Cinemascore: A


Title: Deadpool
Director(s): Tim Miller
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Gina Carano, Jed Rees, Leslie Uggams, Brianna Hildebrand, Karan Soni, Greg LaSalle, Stefan Kapicic.
Synopsis: Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.


Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 84%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 90%
Metacritic: 65
IMDB: 8.1/10
Cinemascore: A


Title: Marvel's Captain America: Civil War
Director(s): Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Tom Holland, Emily VanCamp, Daniel Bruhl. Frank Grillo, William Hurt, Marisa Tomei, Martin Freeman, John Kani, Alfre Woodard, Hope Davis, John Slattery, Kerry Condon, Florence Kasumba.
Synopsis: “Captain America: Civil War” picks up where “Avengers: Age of Ultron” left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.


Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 90%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 89%
Metacritic: 75
IMDB: 8/10
Cinemascore: A

But what do you say? What were the best and worst superhero movies of 2016?
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