The Justice League III (film)

The Justice League III is the sequel to The Justice League II and is the final film of the original Justice League Trilogy. It is part of the DC Cinematic Universe. The Justice League roster at the beginning of the movie consists of Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Mera, Deadshot, Orion and Hawkman.

Plot

 * Hawkman, who escaped Thanagar from the destruction of Darkseid's forces at the end of Hawkgirl, crash lands on a post-apocalyptic Earth. He is approached by Batman.
 * Flash forward two years to the end of The Justice League II, a ragtag Justice League team consisting of Batman, The Flash, Hal Jordan, Cyborg, Mera, Deadshot, Orion and Hawkman are fighting parademon forces, trying to save human survivors in holdouts. Batman tells The Flash that he is too important to fight. He is the key to save the world.
 * Since the destruction of Oa, Hal Jordan has been severely weakened and his lantern is almost depleted.
 * The team regroups in a secret lair under Wayne Manor. Cyborg, who is more machine than ever now, is working on creating the Cosmic Treadmill. The plan is jump The Flash back in time. This can only be done once a year, when the Earth is in the same exact location so that The Flash does not run into something. The treadmill can only be powered by a Motherbox, which were last seen in The Justice League. Once the Motherbox is powered up, Injustice Superman will notice and will come to attack.
 * Deadshot tells the story of when the parademons took his daughter. Almost the entire world is under the spell of the Anti-Life Equation.
 * Cyborg and The Flash prepare for the cosmic treadmill jump while Batman and Hawkman steal a Motherbox from a parademon stronghold. Injustice Superman is made aware immediately. The Justice League needs to bring the Motherbox to the Batcave before Injustice Superman gets to them.
 * Hawkman throws the Motherbox in the pseudo-Batmobile and Batman drives off. Superman arrives, but Deadshot shoots a Kryptonite bullet at him (the last piece of Kryptonite found on Earth). Injustice Superman dodges it and kills Deadshot. Mera attempts to drain water out of Injustice Superman, but is killed instead. Hawkman slows Injustice Superman down, but is also defeated. Batman and the Batmobile enter the Batcave, followed by Injustice Superman. Hal Jordan uses the remaining lantern force he has to shield Injustice Superman from entering, however Injustice Superman eventually gets through and kills Green Lantern.
 * Batman throws the Motherbox to Cyborg, who activates the Cosmic Treadmill, and The Flash starts running. Cyborg and Batman try to fight off Injustice Superman, but both are killed. The Flash explodes through time just before Injustice Superman reaches him.
 * The Flash goes back in time to the Batcave to point in Part 3 of The Justice League II just after Darkseid attains the Anti-Life Equation, and just before he kills Lois Lane. The Flash appears to Batman, and tells him to protect Lois Lane. Darkseid is coming. With that, the Flash vanishes and the movie continues on from that point in The Justice League II.
 * Batman runs toward Lois Lane in the Batcave. Darkseid appears and beams Lane, but Batman pulls Lane out of the way. Superman arrives and brings Batman and Lane to safety. Lane finally has the opportunity to tell Superman that Lex Luthor formed the Injustice League, and that Wonder Woman is in danger. Batman calls for the Martian Manhunter, who brings Lois Lane to a safe location from Darkseid. Superman goes to Themyscira and stops Doctor Poison's attack, saving the Amazons.
 * Superman tells Wonder Woman to go protect Batman, while he stops other members of the Injustice League (Black Manta, Captain Cold, Star Sapphire), which he does.
 * Darkseid uses the Boom Tube to appear in front of Batman and Wonder Woman, asking where Lane is. Wonder Woman fights Darkseid, but is injures. Before Darkseid can kill Wonder Woman, Batman starts fighting him. After a hearty fight, Batman is killed by Darkseid with an omega beam. Wonder Woman is devastated. Other Justice League members start to show up (Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash, Cyborg) after Superman helped them defeat their nemesises. The begin fighting Darkseid. Superman finally arrives and finds Batman dead. He grieves, but did not break like he did when Lane died. He is enraged.
 * Scott Free tells Superman that the Justice League cannot defeat Darkseid. He tells him of the photonucleic effect. Orion arrives and helps bring Superman to a special dying star, that empowers Superman.
 * Meanwhile, the Martian Manhunter protects Lane with a certain power so that Darkseid cannot know where she is.
 * DeSaad attempts to kill Lex Luthor, but he barely escapes with his warsuit. He shows some regret on working with Darkseid.
 * Darkseid defeats the Justice League, before a vengeful, black-suited Superman returns to Earth and unleashes his full photonucleaic power on him, and beats him up. He says the "world is made of cardboard" speech, similar to the animated series. Darkseid is able to weaken him with Kryptonite, and escapes.
 * Lex Luthor arrives and has a small fight with the Justice League before explaining to them that Darkseid is mounting a surprise blitz on Earth to destroy the Justice League. He explains that they need allies across the galaxy to help stop him. Orion returns to New Genesis and uses Metron to send out signals across the galaxy about the fight. It is the first time in centuries that Metron was used.
 * With Darkseid and his forces preparing at the Three Rivers, Wonder Woman a combined force of the Justice League, Amazons, Atlanteans, and armies around the world. They all converge at the Three Rivers. Queen Hippolyta is reminded of the first time Darkseid invaded Earth, which was shown in a flashback scene in The Justice League.
 * Just before Darkseid and his forces attack, the entire fleet and Green Lanterns led by John Stewart arrive and help shield the Earth's alliance.
 * Shortly after they are joined by allies across the galaxy, including citizens of Rann and Thanagar (introduced in Hawkgirl), Blue Lanterns and New Genesis.
 * The fight is outrageously epic and includes heroes from nearly every DC Cinematic Universe movie.
 * Roster of Darkseid Alliance: Darkseid, DeSaad, Granny Goodness, Kalibak, Grayven, Maxima, Gilotina,
 * Roster of Earth Alliance:
 * Barry Allen loses his leg near the end of the fight by a Darkseid beam. However, it inadvertently destroyed Darkseid.
 * The epic battle ends after Darkseid is destroyed. Casualties include DeSaad, Grayven, and Mera.
 * Barry Allen loses his leg near the end of the fight by a Darkseid beam. However, it inadvertently destroyed Darkseid.
 * The epic battle ends after Darkseid is destroyed. Casualties include DeSaad, Grayven, and Mera.

Cast

 * Gal Gadot as Diana/Wonder Woman
 * Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman
 * Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
 * Timothy Olyphant as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
 * Ray Porter as Darkseid
 * Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry/Aquaman
 * Rick Cosnett as Barry Allen/The Flash
 * Eiza Gonzalez as Shayera Hol/Hawkgirl
 * Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg

Justice League member with bionic limbs.


 * Lance Reddick as John Jones/J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter

Justice League member from Mars.


 * Martin Freeman as Scott Free

Son of Darkseid who was banished.


 * Alexis Denisoff as DeSaad

Lieutenant of Darkseid.


 * Katheryn Winnick as Maxima

Lieutenant of Darkseid. Switches sides.


 * Amber Heard as Mera

Wife of Aquaman. Killed in final battle.


 * Eva Mendes as Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire

Wife of Hal Jordan who joins in final battle.


 * Joe Dempsie as Grayven

Lieutenant of Darkseid. Killed in final battle.


 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robin John Blake/Nightwing

Protector of Gotham.


 * Trevante Rhodes as John Stewart/Green Lantern

The Green Lantern for Earth's sector.

Additionally, Corey Stoll, Corey Fogelmanis, Gemma Chan, Amy Adams, Skylar Samuels, Ian Somerhalder, Keke Palmer, Dwayne Johnson, Zachary Levi, Tricia Helfer, Lily James, Connie Nielsen, William Defoe, Shaun Sipos, Michael Gambon, and Shantel VanSanten reprise their roles from previous DCCU movies as Red Tornado, Wally West, Katma Tui, Lois Lane, Iris West, Katar Hol/Hawkman, Sarah Harris, Black Adam, Shazam!, Boodikka, Donna Troy, Hippolyta, Nuidis Vulko, Adam Strange, Ganthet, and Patty Spivot, respectively.

Many other characters appear in limited roles in the final battle. These include the Cat Squad (Anne Hathaway, Ariana Grande, Sofia Boutella, Maggie Q, Megan Thee Stallion, as Selina Kyle, Kitrina Falcone, Duela Dent, Alysia Yeoh, and Megan Felina, respectively), the Suicide Squad (Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Jai Courtney, Daniela Melchior, and Kirsten Wiig as Harley Quinn, Rick Flagg, Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher, and Cheetah, respectively), Brooke Ence as K'ryssma, Doug Jones as Saint Walker, Karen Fukuhara as Mala, and Eric Bana as '''Ray Palmer/The Atom. Ch'p and Kilowog''' are CGI creations that appear as well.

Faik Hentschel plays Himon. Archival footage is shown of Russell Crowe as Jor-El and Sir Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth. Images of Lucy Liu as Xotar, Pedro Pascal as Maxwell Lord, and Brainiac are also shown.