Lego DC: Shazam!: Magic And Monsters Review

DC fans incase you don't know we have a little tradition everytime the company releases a new direct to DVD animated feature I review it the day it comes out. Well the company has a new Lego direct to DVD film out and well since it's going to be a fairly long time before I get to review a new animated film you guys better get used to seeing this one and so here is my review of "Lego DC: Shazam!: Magic and Monsters" enjoy.

The plot of the movie is Mr. Mind has turned every member of the Justice League into his servant and so it's up to Batman and Shazam to turn them back to side of good while also stopping Mr. Mind before it's to late. I honestly feel that the story was honestly really well told especially for a kids film but I hate the fact that they use the same story arc of Batman learning to trust someone that to me is just a predictable storyline that's been done to death.

Starring in the film is Sean Astin as Shazam , Troy Baker as Batman / Bruce Wayne and Zach Callison as Billy Batson & Jimmy Olsen. Also starring in the film is Nolan North as Superman / Clark Kent & Alfred Pennyworth , Grey Griffin as Wonder Woman & Lois Lane , Cristina Milizia as Green Lantern / Jessica Cruz , James Arnold Taylor as The Flash & Dummy , Imari Williams as Black Adam / Teth-Adam , Ralph Garman as Wizard and Tom Kenny as The Penguin & Perry White.

Given the amount of voice acting greats that are in this film what i'm about to say really shouldn't come as a surprise to any of you. The acting in this film is felt was honestly really top notch which again given the amount of voice acting greats that are in this film really shouldn't come as a surprise to any of you whatsoever but I honestly feel that it's true and the fact that they managed to get this many great voice actors together is in my opinion a great thing.

Doing the animation for the film is Xentrix Studios who I cannot find anything on so I have no idea what else they have worked on. I can say tho that the animation in this film is just the bog standard direct to DVD Lego DC affair but I do like the attention to detail that's in this film like the fact that you can see that each building is clearly made out of Lego bricks and there is something else but it could be considered a spoiler but let's just say that it's a cool little detail.

What I honestly was not expecting was for there to be a reference to the previous direct to DVD DC Lego movie Lego DC Batman: Family Matters. Which really caught me of guard because these movies never make references to the past movies and so to see one in here was honestly refreshing and i'm not going to lie it did get a chuckle out of me when they made the reference which i'm honestly not spoiling because it is a cute little nod to that movie.

Make no mistake about it this movie is made for and aimed at little kids and so alot of the things in this movie are going to a little bit childish. None of which I can actually say tho because they are considered spoilers and i'm trying to keep this review spoiler free I will say tho that there are no fart jokes in this film since if there was I most likely would have turned the movie of there and then since I hate fate jokes.

Like all of the direct to DVD DC Lego movies this one is also a comedy and so that does mean that we have to talk bout the jokes that are featured in the film. Which I honestly didn't think were that bad like I said there's no fart jokes which I was expecting given that this is a kids film , that being said there is a a fairly solid Wonder Woman joke which they use a few times which was decent and there's a bad Superman joke which gets run into the ground alot it wasn't funny the first time they did the joke and every time they do the joke it get's less and less funny but hey all comedy is subjective.

Now then since this is also an action film that does mean that we have to talk about the action that is in the film. Which honestly for a direct to DVD kids Lego DC movie wasn't that bad yes it's not as fun as say The Lego Batman Movie but it is still pretty creative and we get see why each hero is a member of the Justice League , heck we even get to see alot of Shazam's powers as well which was pretty cool.

Overall this film is only an hour and twenty one minuets long so if you have any kids or smaller family members that need entertaining during this difficult times this is the movie that will do just that. I really cannot be to hard on this film since like I said it's made with little kids in mind and so any real issue you have with the film you have to go a little bit easier on it and so the film gets a 5 out of 10 from me and the film is out now on Digital platforms and it will be out on DVD and blu-ray on the 16th of June 2020.