DC fans the company hasn't had much luck when it comes to creating a cinematic universe at least with their live action films anyways. However they have had some slightly better luck with there animated direct to DVD films most of which are indeed set in the same universe and well the latest film in this line of films has just been released digitally and so here is my review of "Justice League Dark: Apokolips War" let's get it on.
The plot of the movie is two years after Darkseid takes over the world the Justice League , Teen Titans and Suicide Squad launch an all out attack to take back the planet. Yeah this plot is pretty freaking epic but at the same time because it's being told as one hour and a half movie it means that alot of things gets rushed things which would have had more of an impact if it was told over at least two movies.
Every actor in this film is a returning actor and so it makes no sense to say that there returning who isn't since there's no new actors in this film what so ever. As such starring in this film are Jason O'Mara as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Matt Ryan as John Constantine , Jerry O'Connell as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman , Taissa Farmiga as Raven , Rosario Dawson as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman and Tony Todd as Darkseid.
Now I know that i've not credited every single actor who's in this film but if I did then i'd be here all day so I just cut it down just a few names but trust me when I say this film has an epic voice cast. In terms of the acting I felt it was honestly really good all of the actors did a great job playing these roles in this film and while they haven't become the true voices of the characters there playing they have left an impression on me.
Doing the animation for the film is Tiger Animation don't worry if you haven't heard of them I haven't either and I can't find a single thing about them online so who knows what they've worked on in the past. As for what I thought about the animation in the film it was pretty good but at the same time the CGI that they use in the film looks pretty bad when you compare it to the 2D animation that's in the rest of the film.
Now i'm trying not to give away any spoilers here because I really do think that this film is worth seeing because of how good it is but I do feel that like Avengers: Endgame this story should have been told over two films. Simply because it would allow things to move at a more natural pace and it would allow the more emotional moments to actually be emotional and thus have some weight to them.
Even when I was watching the film I came up with a rough outline for both of the films which is the first film would deal with Darkseid attacking earth and the Justice League face him and win but at a cost what that cost is I don't know but I would also have the opening of this film included which i'm not going to say why but when you see the film you'll understand. This would then lead into this film with it playing out pretty much the same way but now because we've had that extra time we now know how much of a threat Darkseid can be.
Now again i'm not going to say how but this film does tie into Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox in a way that really doesn't make sense when you stop and think about it. However it does make for a pretty sweet and I guess shocking ending so it kind of works but I still would have liked it more if the way they tied it in actually made some sort of sense instead of just being thrown in for the sake of it.
From what I can gather this film is meant to be the end of at least this part of the animated movie lineup but I can't say for sure if that's going to be the case. I say that because unlike Avengers: Endgame where it actually felt like a finale and wrapped up several plotlines this film did neither of those and so it feels like it's just another movie and that this version of the animated universe will continue.
Now then superhero fans this is of course an action film and so that does mean that we have to talk about the action that's in the film itself. Which I honestly feel to be really cool and really exciting there was alot of times during the action where I went "oh that's cool" which is something that I never do and it helps that we get to see alot of the powers that these heroes have and how good of a fighter the hero with non powers are.
Overall this was honestly a good film and if you have the chance to get it digitally then I highly recommend it just due to how good of a film that it is. That being said however there are alot of faults with the film alot of which i've tried to cover in this review without giving away any kind of spoiler as such the film gets a 7out of 10 from me and if you want the film it's out now on Digital relese and is out on DVD and blu-ray on May 19th.