DC Comics has once again reached into their comic book vault and produced an animated feature that anyone can like. “Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths” features everyone’s favorite characters in an action packed adventure that kids and adults with both enjoy. Their previous features such as “Superman/Batman: Public Enemies” or “Green Lantern: First Flight” are better in my opinion but kids aren’t as critical.
This story was originally intended to be used as a bridge between the two previous Justice League animated series, “Justice League” and “Justice League: Unlimited,” but was never produced. Well it has been now and I must say that it is pretty cool. Fun superhero fights and alternate versions of all our favorite DC characters all about. It does have its faults but for the average kid (and viewer for that matter) it will be fun and entertaining.
Imagine an alternate Earth where Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and all the other Justice League members were bad guys and in a group called the Crime Syndicate. To top it off, Lex Luthor is the leader of that Earth’s Justice League. That Lex Luthor travels to our Earth to recruit the good Justice Leaguers to rid his Earth of the Crime Syndicate and restore order. Of course they go and the ensuing battle royals are great to watch. Basically it’s all the biggest superheros fighting alternate versions of themselves. That is the gist of it, but the ultimate plot gets unfolded throughout the adventure. Trust me, your kids will eat this up and enjoy every minute of it. All the “alternate dimension” and “ultimate doom” stuff won’t go over their heads.
For the most part this is a fun and enjoyable feature that, despite its PG-13 rating, is great for kids of all ages. The only language that I noticed was “ass” once or twice but, besides that, the only reason for the rating is its “Action Violence.” But that sort of violence is what kids read comics for anyway. They want to see Superman punch the bad-guy through a wall. It does get kind of technical in parts, when it talks about all the parallel universes and throws in a lot of meaningless big words to make it a little convoluted. The only real gripe I have with it is the voice cast. I will always hear Batman with Kevin Conroy’s voice and Superman’s with Tim Daly’s so anything other than that sounds off to me. But they make up for it with James Woods as Owlman so I can deal with it.
An overall good movie that comic fans of any age and rank can enjoy. Don’t worry about the rating too much.
