It's not uncommon for films to do a two part infact it's very quickly becoming a more common thing to witness. However this film is is doing something that really hasn't been done before now and that's tell one story over the course of three films all set to be released within the exact same year and well part two of this truly epic has just been released and since we have a tradition of reviewing these direct to DVD animated DC movies on the first day that they come out you all just knew that I had to review this film the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that was released only a few months after the release of part one with the film in question being called simply just "Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Two" enjoy.
The plot of this film is the Justice League continue to fight back against the destruction of every single universe while a new threat lurks in the shadows. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time the plot of this film wasn't all that good either as it was a rather thinly drawn out plot with it at times being hard to work out what the plot of the film even but this is something that does make sense as this story is being told over multiple films and yet at the same time you still need a strong plot in all three films to fully justify this story being told over the course of three films with the plot of this film being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Jensen Ackles as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Darren Criss as Clark Kent / Superman. Also starring in this film is Meg Donnelly as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl / Harbinger , Stana Katic as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman and Superwoman , Jonathan Adams as Monitor , Gideon Adlon as Batgirl , Geoffrey Arend as Charles Halstead / Psycho Pirate and Hawkman , Troy Baker as Joker , Zach Callison as Dick Grayson / Robin , Darin De Paul as Solovar , Ato Essandoh as Mr. Terrific and Anti-Monitor , Keith Ferguson as Dr. Fate and Atomic Knight , Boy Meets World star Will Friedle as Kamandi , Jennifer Hale as Alura and Hippolyta , Aldis Hodge as John Stewart / Green Lantern , Jamie Gray Hyder as Hawkgirl , Erika Ishii as Dr. Hoshi / Doctor Light and Huntress , David Kaye as The Question and Satellite , Matt Lanter as Blue Beetle , Liam McIntyre as Aquaman , Lou Diamond Phillips as The Spectre , Keesha Sharp as Vixen , Harry Shum Jr. as Brainiac 5 and Jimmi Simpson as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With the actors that you expect a god performance from really delivering exactly that with the likes of Jensen Ackles for example making for a surprisingly good Batman and while he might never become THE voice of Batman he still does deliver some really wonderful performances in all of the films that he voices the character with the same thing also being true for this film as well and while alot of the cast aren't that good with the likes of Meg Donnelly just being there not that's not really her fault as she doesn't get the chance to do alot as Supergirl with the acting in this film not really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is really bad as it gives the actors nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place and that is something that really does bring down the overall quality of the acting in this film.
Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Maven Image Platform , Studio IAM. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad however this film suffers from what all of the animation in the Tomorrowverse films suffer from and that's the fact that the lines are so distracting and while that might be this worlds art style that doesn't mean that it couldn't have been tweaked as it very easily could have done but when the film does have some really good animation you really do notice it as the animation in this film isn't up to the high standards of the other direct to DVD DC Comics animated films but it still has alot of really good animation in this film.
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There are technically two names that I left of the cast list that is the fact that Will Friedle is technically playing two roles as he's also reprising his role as Batman Beyond and we also have Matt Ryan as John Constantine. With both characters having pretty big roles in this film which does make sense given how popular there characters are and while we are revisiting the Batman Beyond world in part three it would be nice to revisit the world of John Constantine from the previous animated universe as that universe just came to an end with none of the characters apart from John having a satisfying ending and a revisit to that world would allow that to happen but at the same time that would then run the risk of this film becoming overstuffed with cameos from other versions of characters from other media and as a result of that is the fact that the makers of this film do have to pick ad choose which characters they have appear in this film as they have to service the story and not just be there for fan service.
For some reason these direct to DVD DC Comics animated movies seem to thing that they can only do one story with Batman and thats the fact that he thinks that he has to act alone only to learn that isn't the case. Which is a story that we've seen played out so many times that you know where it's going the second they start this plot line of and it goes exactly where you think that it's going to go but he got treated better then Supergirl who had so little to do in this film as for the vast majority of the films second and third act she just straight up disappears from the film this is despite the fact that they actually start of what could be an interesting plot line with her with her trying to find a new Earth to live on after the events of the first film but the film very rarely comes back to the character and when it does it drops that story all together in favor of having her trying and failing to help up Monitor which just isn't all that interesting of a plot line.
The idea of turning this truly iconic comic book storyline into a three part film is a good idea but at the same time the film needs to justify being a three part film. Which it really doesn't do as alot of the stuff that's in this film just felt like filler as they add nothing to the overall plot of the trilogy of films with this film film just being a feature length trailer for the third film when it really should have been the next chapter in the story with this film having the heroes loose instead of ending the film like they might loose which is a solid cliffhanger but at the same time given how dramatic this storyline is the heroes needed to loose in this film so that when they do win in the next film it's all the more satisfying because it's something that feels earned where as the ending for the third film where they do win now doesn't feel earned as the heroes haven't suffered all that much as a group whereas if you compare it to the Arrowverse version of the story they put there heroes through alot and as a result of that is that when it came to the final part of there take of the story it was all the more satisfying because of the fact that we the audience have seen these characters go through alot to pick up the win for once and for all and that's not we get in this film as in this film the heroes do kind of win by the end of the film when they really should have lost in this film just like they did in the previous film as well.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty four minuets and forty four seconds. Which is a solid running time for this film to have as this film really does have more then enough plot there to really cover that large amount of running time but yet at the exact same time tho alot of this film really does feel alot like filler as alot of it doesn't add anything to the plot of the film when this is something that shouldn't be the case as the film has alot of plot to begin with as it has all of the plot from the previous film and as a result of that is the fact all the makers of this film really had to do is just add to what they already set up in the previous film and not take away anything nor just not advance anything that was all ready set up in the previous films plot as all that does is make the makers of this film look lazy but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Which really is nothing new for these Tomorrowverse films as pretty much all of them have had some really good action in them and while we don't really get a big final battle with all of the characters what we do get for a final fight does work out really well as we get alot of really cool moments in them with even getting to see Robin fighting the Tomorrowverse version of Batman which is a cool thing to see as that's something that hasn't been seen in these animated films until now and rather rightfully it is a wonderfully epic thing to see as is seeing alot of the characters team up to take on a big monster that is trying to blow up the earth that they are on which adds some drama leading into the final part of this trilogy of films as well as just looking really cool in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
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Overall this film feels like it was only made just to extend the story to three films as this film really didn't need to exist and as a result that does make it hard to recommend as on the one hand there's no reason to watch this film but on the other hand if you don't watch this film then it makes watching the third film hard as there's really a chance that people might be lost if they didn't watch this film as well as the first film as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for whee I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official DC Movies fandom wiki page , the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the great Google Images simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode and are really of course on Google Images are really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.