Justice League Dark (2017)

Justice League Dark (2017)

6/10

Starring the voice of

Matt Ryan

Jason O’Mara

Directed by Jay Oliva

The earth is being terrorized by demons and things beyond the natural—things we’d call supernatural. The only people who can bring these things to an end are the Justice League, but not the regular Justice League. I mean Justice League Dark.

First off, I must say the preview of this animation is better than the full-blown movie, though I still enjoyed the movie itself.

John Constantine’s character was voiced by British actor Matt Ryan, who played Constantine in the failed TV series and featured in a crossover in the CW series Arrow as John Constantine.

The movie plays into Batman’s style of handling issues—alone, without the other members of the Justice League interfering. He initially denies the paranormal activities, but after being stalked by Deadman (Boston Brand), he sets out to find Zatanna, hoping her help will lead him to John Constantine.

The movie’s plot feels like an introduction to the characters that make up Justice League Dark. But as the movie goes on, you start to wonder where the plot is headed, especially since one of the characters, Swamp Thing, is kind of set aside—like there’s no plan to make a follow-up movie with him in it.

The animation is well-drawn, fluid, and enticing, making you think, “Good job, Warner Bros.” The opening scene features a lot of dead people, which explains why it was given an adult 18+ rating.

The movie’s plot starts with people from different parts of the world experiencing weird visions of demons, leading to many deaths. The Justice League can’t explain these incidents; they only notice that the victims all claim to have seen demons.

As mentioned earlier, Batman contacts Constantine with the help of Zatanna and Deadman to solve the problem. The four of them are joined by Jason Blood (Etrigan the Demon) and get aid from Swamp Thing as they try to find the source of the chaos plaguing the world.

They continue their search, only to discover much later that they’ve been led in the wrong direction. Now, doubling back and facing betrayal, they must confront another entity who calls himself a god and wants to take over the earth.

The team does a great job handling the situation, putting the villain in his place and bringing peace to the lives of the newly formed team.

Justice League Dark is a movie worth seeing, forget the dark part the movie is not dark.