The DC Comics' Extended Universe

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The planet Krypton, unstable from years of industrial mining, faces impending destruction. Jor-El, chief advisor to Krypton's supreme council, recommends a full-scale evacuation of the planet's inhabitants. Before any action can be taken, soldiers led by General Zod, an old friend of Jor-El's, launches an uprising and arrest the councilors. Realizing that Krypton is doomed, Jor-El steals genetic codes sought by Zod and stores them into a preprogrammed spacecraft carriying his son Kal-El. Jor-El then sacrifices his life to allow his son to escape. Zod orders the rocket's destruction, only to learn that forces loyal to the council have suppressed the rebellion. In a brief trial, Zod and several of the surviving rebels are convicted of treason and sentenced to the Phantom Zone moments before Krypton explodes.

Following Jor-El's coordinates, the ship crash lands on Earth in Smallville, Kansas. A childless couple, Jonathan and Martha Kent, find Kal-El and raise him as their own, naming him Clark. Clark eventually becomes an isolated young man as a result of developing superhuman powers. He then learns his true origins from Jonathan, who urges him to keep his powers hidden. Several years later, looking for a purpose in his life, Clark leaves to travel the world for an extended period of time under several disguises.

Several months later in Metropolis, Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane receives an assignment to investigate the discovery of a Kryptonian scout ship in the Canadian Arctic. Disguised as a worker, Clark enters the ship and activates its central computer using a key left by Jor-El, which allows him to communicate with an artificial intelligence molded after his father. Jor El explains that Clark was sent to Earth to guide its people, and presents him with a Kryptonian uniform bearing his family's symbol. While following Clark, Lois inadvertently triggers the ship's security system. Clark uses his powers to rescue Lois before wearing the uniform and testing his flying abilities. Lois is unable to convince supervisor Perry White to publish an article on the incident, and Clark later tracks down Lois and she agrees to keep his secret safe.

Escaping the Phantom Zone, Zod and his crew intercept a transmission from the scout vessel and travel to Earth. Deducing that Kal-El is nearby, they broadcast a global address demanding that he surrender or risk war. Clark meets with the United States Army and agrees to comply. Zod reveals that he possesses advanced terraforming equipment salvaged from Kryptonian outposts, which he intends to use to transform Earth into a new Krypton. His science officer, Jax-Ur, plans to steal the codex from Clark to create Kryptonian colonists who will annihilate humanity and build a society based on Zod's ideals of genetic purity. With help from the Jor El, Clark is able to flee. Zod and his forces attack the Kent farm and kill Johnathan for the location of the codex. A furious Clark attacks Zod and their forces retreat. Clark and Lois then warn the U.S. military as Zod orders an invasion.

Given the codename "Superman", Clark destroys the terraforming platform. Vowing to eradicate humanity himself, Zod fights Superman while the military are deployed to take out Zod's troops. Lois and Colonel Hardy are aboard an aircraft with Kal-El's ship, which he gave to them to crash against Zod's ship. Faora arrives on the plane and throws Lois out, who is captured in mid air by Clark before Hardy flies the plane into Zod's ship, creating a temporary black hole portal back into the Phantom Zone, which sucks everything inside it, including Zod.

While helping rebuild Metropolis, Superman persuades the government to let him act independently, so long as he does not turn against humanity. To allow access to dangerous situations without attracting attention, Clark takes a job as a freelance reporter for the Daily Planet.

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Twenty two months after Superman 's destructive battle with General Zod in Metropolis, Superman has become a controversial figure. Billionaire Bruce Wayne, who has operated in Gotham City as the vigilante "Batman" for nearly two decades, sees Superman as a potential threat to humanity. After discovering Batman's form of justice, Clark views Batman as a threat and seeks to stop him via Daily Planet articles. Lois Lane interviews a warlord in Nairomi but LexCorp 's mogul Lex Luthor stages a mass shootout and Superman's interference causes an international incident.

Meanwhile, Antiques dealer Arthur Curry and scientist Emmett Vale investigate large pieces of Kryptonite found in the bottom of the Indian Ocean following the results of Zod's terraforming attempt. They are ambushed and forced to abandon the Kryptonite they'd collected. Senator June Finch attempts to stop Luthor from importing the kryptonite retrieved, but Luthor makes side dealings with Finch's subordinate, immediately gaining access to "Project Cadmus" and Zod's scout ship, where he enters and learns of its functions as well as recorded alien worlds. Wayne tracks an illegal cartel and learns that Russian weapon trafficker Anatoli Knyazev has been contacting Luthor.

Wayne attends a gala at LexCorp, where he meets a famous humantarian named Diana Prince, and retrieves encrypted data from the company's mainframe. While decrypting the drive at the Batcave, Wayne has a dream of a post-apocalyptic world where he leads a group of rebels against a fascist Superman. He is snapped out of the dream by The Flash, who warns him of Lois Lane's crucial role in the future, and urges him to find "the others" before vanishing. Wayne later discovers that Luthor is not only experimenting with kryptonite, but also investigating metahumans using a satellite called Brother Eye, an old project the two worked on but later scrapped. He later discovers one of them is Prince herself, who is an immortal warrior princess sent by her people to investigate Superman. Wayne also admits to Alfred Pennyworth that he plans to steal the kryptonite to weaponize it, should it become necessary to fight Superman.

At a congressional hearing, Finch questions Superman on the validity of his actions and seeks to expose Luthor's plans, but a bomb planted by Luthor explodes, killing everyone present but Superman. Believing he should have detected the bomb, and frustrated by his failure to save the people, Superman goes into self-imposed exile. Batman breaks into LexCorp and steals the kryptonite, planning to use it to battle Superman by building a powered exoskeleton, and creating a kryptonite grenade launcher and a kryptonite-tipped spear.

Luthor kidnaps Martha Kent, Clark's adoptive mother, to bring Superman out of exile. He demands that Superman kill Batman in exchange for Martha's life. Superman tries to explain the situation to Batman, but he instead fights Superman and eventually subdues him. Before Batman can kill him with the spear, in a last-ditch effort Superman urges Batman to "save Martha", whose name is also shared with Wayne's late mother, confusing him long enough to try and reason with Batman. Realizing at how far he has fallen and unwilling to let someone's mother die, Batman successfully rescues Martha while Superman confronts Luthor on Zod's scout ship.

Luthor executes his backup plan, unleashing a genetically-engineered monster with Kryptonian DNA. However, Prince arrives unexpectedly. Revealing her metahuman nature, she joins forces with Batman and Superman to fight the creature. They are soon outmatched by its power, as it can absorb and redirect energy. Realizing that it is vulnerable to kryptonite, Superman retrieves the kryptonite spear. With Batman and Prince's help containing it, Superman impales the monster, killing it. In its last moments however, the creature fatally stabs a weakened Superman with one of its bone protrusions, killing him.

Luthor is arrested and Batman confronts him in prison, warning Luthor that he will always be watching him. Luthor reveals that Superman's death has made the world vulnerable to a powerful alien threat. A memorial is held for Superman in Metropolis. Clark is also declared dead, with various friends and family members including Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince attending for him in Smallville. Martha gives an envelope to Lois, which contains an engagement ring from Clark. After the funeral, Bruce expresses his regrets to Diana about how he failed Superman. He reveals to her that he plans to form a team of metahumans, starting with those from Luthor's files, to help protect the world in Superman's absence. After they leave, the dirt atop Clark's coffin begins to levitate.

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In the aftermath of Superman 's death, intelligence officer Amanda Waller assembles a team of dangerous criminals imprisoned at Belle Reve Prison, consisting of elite hitman Deadshot, former psychiatrist Harley Quinn, pyrokinetic ex-gangster El Diablo, opportunistic thief Captain Boomerang, the genetically mutated Killer Croc, an archaeologist possessed by a witch-goddess known as the "Enchantress", June Moon, and specialized assassin Slipknot. They are placed under command of Colonel Rick Flag and his bodyguard Katana to be used as disposable assets in high-risk missions for the United States government. Each member has a nano bomb implanted in their neck, designed to detonate should any member rebel or try to escape.

Meanwhile, at the behest of Lex Luthor, Mercy Graves strikes a deal with Gotham's most notorious crime boss, The Joker, as a scapegoat to find and kill Amanda Waller, who has put sanctions on LexCorp. Meanwhile, the Task Force are deployed to Gotham City to apprehend the Batman, who's vigilantism the government can no longer tolerate. However, Amanda Waller is compromised during a government meeting in Midway City by The Joker and Lex's mercenaries and the Task Force are sent to extract her, with Flag warning the team that if she dies, they die.

The squad's helicopter is shot down by Lex's men on the roof of Konig's Industries, forcing them to proceed into the building on foot. Boomerang convinces Slipknot that the bombs are a ruse to keep them in check. Slipknot attempts to escape and is killed via his nano bomb while the squad is attacked by Lex's men. Joker convinces Harley to join him, but she is knocked unconscious by Boomerang. She later awakens upset that The Joker has abandoned her.

The squad eventually manage to fight their way through to a safe room where they find Waller. They escort her to the rooftop for extraction, but the arriving helicopter has been hijacked by the Joker and his men, who open fire on the squad. Harley climbs aboard with The Joker and holds him at gunpoint for abandoning her earlier. The Joker gets her to lower the gun but Amanda orders Deadshot to shoot the Joker. Harley jumps in front of the bullet and the helicopter is shot down by Waller's men. Joker jumps off the helicopter as it crashes back on the roof. Harley is revealed to be alive and she rejoins the squad as they console her.

Enchantress quickly turns on Waller, deciding to kill her for their imprisonment. She transforms Lex's men into a horde of monsters, and summons the Incubus, a mystical being, to assist her. El Diablo embraces his abilities and manages to hold the Incubus down long enough for a bomb planted by Captain Boomerang to detonate, killing both the Incubus and El Diablo and returning June Moon from the curse.

Amanda Waller decides this squad is too unreliable and orders Flag to detonate the implants. He refuses and respites in a skybar with the squad as they await to be arrested. The squad members are returned to Belle Reve with ten years off their sentences and all but Captain Boomerang are allowed special privileges. The Joker breaks into the penitentiary and reunites with Harley. In a mid-credits scene, Batman gains access to the government's files on the expanding metahuman community from A.R.G.U.S. but is confronted by Amanda Waller before warning her to stop what she is doing.

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Centuries ago, the God of War Ares breaks a pact between the Olympian Gods and the legendary Amazons, a proud race of fierce warrior women, and wages a war against them and their Queen, Hippolyta, in an attempt to subdue man's world. With the help of Zeus, Ares is defeated and trapped within an interdimensional realm, the Areopagus, with the Amazons isolated onto an island to forever guard the entrance of the realm and live in serenity. As a gift from the Gods, Hippolyta is granted a child born of clay whom she names Diana Prince.

In the present day, Diana works at the Louvre as a curator. She receives a package from Bruce Wayne with a framed picture of her in Belgium 1918, and a letter asking Diana to help recruit a team of heroes in Superman 's absence. The film flashes back to 1918, the peak of The Great War. American pilot Steve Trevor is sent on a mission to uncover Germany's military build up in the Aegean sea to aid the Allies warfare where he learns that German general Erich Ludendorff and Doctor Maru are overseeing the production of new deadly and unprecedented weapons that will change the tide of the war. When Steve is discovered, his plane is damaged and he crashes into the sea. Diana spots the plane crash and brings Steve onto the shores of the Amazonian island where Steve is taken into the Amazon's custody for information where they learn of the war raging in man's world.

Diana nurses Steve back to health and the island is invaded by German troops. Ares begins to gain strength and energy from the battle to escape his dimension, but Hippolyta's second in command, General Antiope, sacrifices herself to close the opening of the dimension. Knowing the outside war will only benefit Ares in escaping, Hippolyta hosts a tournament to find a champion most suitable to aid in the war and take Trevor back to man's world, but forbids Diana from entering. Diana does so anyway and wins, with Hippolyta reluctantly allowing her daughter to fulfill her destiny.

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Thousands of years ago, the tyrant lord of Apokolips Darkseid attempts to enslave the people of Earth but is opposed by an alliance between the Atlanteans led by King Atlan, the Amazonians led by Queen Hippolyta, the old Gods led by Zeus, and an army of ancient men. With the help of members from the Green Lantern Corps, they hold off Darkseid's invasion and the mother boxes are divided amongst the Atlanteans, Amazonians, and Humans to forever be guarded.

In present day, Bruce Wayne, fueled by his restored faith in humanity after the sacrifice of Superman, and his butler Alfred Pennyworth, travel to Amnesty Bay to recruit the help of Arthur Curry, the former king of Atlantis. Bruce reveals that a threat from the far reaches of space is approaching and is in search of the three mother boxes but Arthur declines, weary from his days of ruling Atlantis, and doubts the Atlanteans would ever side with the surface world again. Vulko, Arthur's atlantean advisor, urges him to fullfill his duty as both human and Atlantean to protect the surface world and reclaim the throne with his wife, Mera, by his side.