When a good Lex Luthor from a parallel universe travels to see the Justice League they are forced to face their equals in a battle that truly could mean the end of the world should they fail.Featuring all your favorites and a few additional names making little more than cameo appearances this follows on from the Justice League television series though is a tad darker.The story is great, the execution however is exactly what you'd expect. It looks okay, sounds okay, everything is exactly that.......okay, but nothing more.Voice actors for this one include Mark Harmon, William Baldwin & James Woods who are really quite poor. James Woods who plays Owl Man sounds bored through the entire thing and Baldwin simply isn't Batman material.If you enjoy DC animations you may enjoy this but this is certainly not one of their strongest outings.The Good: Interesting storyThe Bad:Baldwin's voice doesn't suit BatmanProceeds to make Batman look remarkably weakThings I Learnt From This Movie:If Batman and Owlman are the same person from different dimensions why do they have different voices?Superwoman is not PG

Back when DC knew what the heck they were doing. I knew the new Justice League movie was going to su#k because Man of Steel was boring as $hit, Batman V Superman was garbage, Suicide Squad was a joke, Wonder Woman was a "C" movie at best plus there are heavy rumors that DC pretty much gave up on things after Suicide Squad. Anyway - this animation is excellent.

Every fantasy and sci-fi show does an alternate/parallel world episode. "Let's make the good guys act like bad guys, and the bad guys act like good guys. The normal good guys cross over into the alternate- reality and defeat the new bad guys. While we're at it, let's put two of the good guys (who are now bad guys) into a romantic relationship." It's the sci- fi version of the sitcom "bottle episode" and is rarely well done.This variation of the theme is worse than most, and for Justice League fans, the randomly chosen set of celebrity voice actors makes the whole production just seem fake - i.e. good superman and bad superman both sound wrong. Alternate-world episodes usually seem to be driven by actors who want to dress up and "act" differently. But in this case the unfamiliar voices of the characters only works if the script is exceptional (like in Flashpoint Paradox), but in this case the story and script and very bland.The entire movie just falls flat.

In an alternate reality, the Earth's heroes turn out to be villains and, conversely, villains become heroes. In this parallel world, the evil counterparts of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, etc defeat the good counterpart of Lex Luther. So, the Justice League travels to the alternate Earth to help the good Lex Luther recoup and prove definitively that the principals that the heroes/villains are fighting for are what count the most in the end.Each important member of the Justice League has a personal score to settle with his/her evil counterpart. Superman's evil side is selfish, insensitive, and domineering. Wonder Woman's evil counterpart is an egotistical sadist with a penchant for senseless destruction. Batman's dark side is a perfection seeking nihilist who wants to destroy the world.At first blush, it looks like another brainless Punch 'n Judy festival, with the good guys getting in the last punch, as per usual. However, there is an effort to develop and interesting theme.It turns out that there are not just two alternate realities, actually there are an infinite number. An infinite number of planet Earths where the perennial power struggle between Good and Evil continues indefinitely. Sometimes Good wins, sometimes Evil does, and in the end there is no end, no definite victor. How then does one establish some concrete sense of definitiveness from and endless labyrinth of different possibilities and alternate realities? The answer seems to lie in the difference between Life and Death.It is Batman who must weigh the costs of the fight for Good. It is he who bears the burden of choosing who lives and who dies. His personal struggle with his evil counterpart, Owlman, will ultimately play the deciding role that determines the fate of humanity for all time. Owlman believes that eliminating the human race altogether will restore balance in the cosmos. In other words, 'Blow it all up and everything will come out perfect.' Personally, I was not happy with the story, because our heroes are confronted with few intellectual challenges. Batman's tough choice is really a no-brainer if you think about it. And, since there is little question of who is one who's side, thanks to a Martian that can read people's minds, the rest of the Justice League can safely put away their chessboards and get on with the knee-jerk reflex task of kicking the bad guys' butts. Mundane, really, since we know who is going to win from the very beginning.The story does however raise a few interesting theoretical questions. Is there any absolute difference between Good and Evil? Do the evil counterparts of our heroes win on the alternate Earth simply because they are stronger than Lex? And, when the Justice League finally wins in the end, do they do so because Good is stronger? If Lex Luther can be good in an alternate reality, can we justifiably show mercy to the evil Lex of our world? What value does humanity have? Are we worth saving, or would it be better if were all dead? I find it remarkable that the superhero I identified most strongly with comes from Mars. Being the last member of an extinct race, he had a human female as a counterpart who turned out to be good. Watching him 'mind-meld' with her was fascinating, but nothing new for Star Trek fans.Wonder Woman was a big disappointment. Despite the showy costume, she comes off as a typical all-muscle, no-brain character by the name of Ralph. She never has to stop once to reflect on what she is doing. Its easy, if you wear a black T-shirt she kicks your butt. If you wear white she throws herself on a grenade to save you. Easy for her to talk about selfless altruism since she can't die anyway. At least her evil counterpart, Superwoman, had some sex appeal, but she turned out to be an even bigger 'air-head'. "So you're gonna blow the whole world up Owlman, and everyone will die? Hey, that means we'll both die too! WOW that'd be sooooooooooo cooooool. Yeah babe, lets do it! I'm psyched!!!"So to sum up my disappointment, the conflict between Good and Evil takes place on the football field, fine, but I think they should have competed at least to some degree on the chessboard as well, they didn't. Furthermore, I see nothing interesting in a contest when I know who is going to win, even before the game begins.