The Flash movie: Every character ranked from worst to best

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(L-R) EZRA MILLER as The Flash and SASHA CALLE as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “THE FLASH,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/™ & © DC Comics. © 2023 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. TM & © DC /

4. Young Barry

The DCEU’s Barry Allen can be a lot. But the younger version of the DCEU’s Barry Allen? Well, a lot wouldn’t cover it. And that’s something that adult Barry figured out the hard way.

Young, free and living his best life as a college student, young Barry was in awe of the fact that he was destined to become a superhero. He couldn’t believe, but he loved the idea. And when he was bestowed with those powers (via that lightning strike), he quickly realized all that being a speedster entailed.

Young Barry was adult Barry’s chance to learn how to be a mentor, and that’s exactly what happened. But throughout the course of the movie, the younger version learned a lot about who he really was. The answer being that he was a hero, and a pretty great one at that.

Like his future self, this Barry loved so hard – so much so that he was destined to become a demonic speedster distorted by his constant attempts to change the timeline by saving the ones he loved and lost. He didn’t live the life of loss that his counterpart did, but that made him more determined to ensure he would never have to experience that loss.

In the end, he sacrificed himself to save The Flash from Dark Flash, proving that Barry Allen is a hero in every timeline. And over the course of this two-hour movie, this immature twentysomething became the one thing he tried so hard to be: A superhero.

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