Justice League:
Gods and Monsters is a beautiful movie set in an alternate DC universe
where our heroes have different personas and names. Instead of:
- Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman, we have Hernan
Guerra/Lor-Zod/Superman
- Bruce Wayne/Batman, we have Kirk Langstrom/Batman
- Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, we have Princess
Bekka/Wonder Woman
It’s a dark
feature where we see our heroes killing, sucking blood, and a whole lot of mass
murder going on. This time, I didn’t fancy the voice acting as much as I did
the animation. Putting this side-by-side with the Suicide Squad trailer
that came out recently, it seems DC isn’t caring much for PG-rated movies.
I certainly
enjoyed seeing a dark side of the "boy in blue," and a Batman and
Superman combination where they’re actually friendly toward each other—instead
of the usual dynamic where Batman seems to be a step ahead of his Boy Scout
friend.
The animation is
a direct-to-DVD feature written by Alan Burnett and Bruce Timm. The story is
original, and a comic book series has been released showing incidents dealing
individually with each member and events that occurred before this Gods
and Monsters animation.
The movie kicks
off with a twist: in this alternate universe, when Jor-El finished the ship
that would take his son to Earth, General Zod broke into his chambers and
implanted his own DNA instead of Jor-El’s into the egg sent to Earth.
The Superman in this universe is the son of General Zod, Batman is a vampire
who sucks blood, and Wonder Woman’s backstory is quite long.
These three use
brute force, kill, and suck blood to ensure Earth is safe.
There’s also a Lex Luthor in this film, but he’s good—more of a peace-loving
individual who just wants to learn about the stars.
The group didn’t
have a welcoming fan base due to their style of dishing out justice, and things
went further south when renowned scientists started dying mysteriously.
One was found drained of blood in the Arctic, another was stabbed with a
woman’s boot print on his car door, and the last was burnt alive by heat
vision.
All the signs
pointed to the League, who claimed to be innocent of the whole thing.
The animation is
fun to watch, I didn’t feel like I needed it to do anything more. It has a dark
twist on the heroes we know, so there is doubt in my mind to recommend this for
you and the kids to see together.
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