Batman and Superman

Batman and Superman is a 2016 American superhero film featuring the DC comics characters Batman and Superman. Directed by Zack Synder, the film is the second instalment of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) following 2013's Man of Steel. It features an ensemble cast that includes Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons and Holly Hunter.

Plot
During the battle between Superman and General Zod, billionaire Bruce Wayne drives to Wayne Tower but it collapses, too late to save his friends and employees. Seeing Superman as a potential threat to humanity, Bruce decides to come out of retirement as Batman.

To atone for the destruction of Metropolis, Superman has been saving people all around the planet. He learns of a civil war in Kahndaq lead by the current military regime and the rebels army trying to liberate the country. Clark suggests that Superman intervene and Lois Lane warns him to treat carefully. After learning of Batman's form of justice, who is rumoured to have started killing, Clark Kent seeks to expose Batman via Daily Planet articles.

Batman pursues a group of drug dealers, beating them in a brutal fashion, he tracks their leader down to find him shot dead. The police believe Batman killed him. Alfred Pennyworth suggests to Bruce that his increased since coming out of retirement has made the idea Batman is now a killer more believable. Bruce is also working on a prototype suit of armour to fight Superman.

Meanwhile, Lex Luthor unsuccessfully tries to persuade Senator June Finch to allow him to import kryptonite retrieved from the Indian Ocean following Zod's terraforming event, claiming he wants to maintain it as a deterrent against future Kryptonian invasions. He instead makes alternative plans with Finch's subordinate and gains access to Zod's body and the Kryptonian scout ship where he discovers Kryptonite which can make Kryptonian cells degenerate.

Clark asks Perry White to assign him to the Bat Vigilante case but White gives him another assignment first, interviewing Lex Luthor, a young billionaire who has taken the world by storm. Lois is sent to Kahndaq to write a piece about the civil war while Clark meets with Lex who mentions the possibly that Superman has a secret identity and is living among the humans and notes the resemblance between Clark Kent and Kal-El. He also reveals he requested the interview with Clark specifically as he has Clark on a short list of people who could be Superman.

Batman returns to the scene of the previous night's murder he was framed for to investigate but is forced to drop it to deal with a mugging. The mugger is shot by the sniper as the drug dealer and Batman pursues him. He catches the sniper but he shoots himself as police arrive. Perry reluctantly agrees to allow Clark to pursue the case. Lois is taken hostage in Kahndaq and taken to the country's director. Batman breaks into the Gotham City Police Department and receives the bullets used to frame him but is forced to injury several police officers in his escape. His Batmobile is stopped by Superman who tries to reason with him but the Dark Knight instead fights him. After explosives, batarangs and nerve gas fail, Batman uses a high blast of high frequency sonics targeting Superman's heightened senses.