Justice League: 10 Dumb Plot Holes That Derailed The Film

9. Aquaman Manages To Find The Justice League At Random

Justice League Parademon
Warner Bros.

At the start of Justice League, a bearded Bruce Wayne sets out to enlist people with special powers. His first stop is the frozen north, where he tries to get Arthur Curry - later Aquaman - to join his team. Curry refuses, and that's that. Bruce returns to the US.

Later on, however, villain Steppenwolf attacks Atlantis in order to steal one of the immensely powerful Mother Boxes, and Aquaman realises that he probably needs to join the Justice League before it's too late.

During an epic battle with Steppenwolf in a facility hidden beneath Gotham City, Batman, Wonder Woman and Barry Allen (aka The Flash) become unstuck... then suddenly, Aquaman appears to save the day/join the team! Awesome!

But, Aquaman had absolutely no way of knowing where the hell the Justice League were at this point in time. Even if he somehow managed to round it down to "Gotham City," the facility in question was top secret and unaccessible for the most part. It's the sort of coincidence you don't really consider during your initial watch, but later realise is incredibly lazy writing.

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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.