This is a baffling film. The synopsis of this film promised a story about Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman fighting to free Warworld from the clutches of Mongul. Instead, it's an anthology movie where each of the Trinity appears inexplicably in another time period and/or genre and meets a character from a lesser-known DC series. There's no connection to the greater story promised in the synopsis until the last 20 minutes of this 90-minute film. Worst of all, it's done in such a way that the first two segments are rendered utterly inconsequential. You can start watching with the third segment, the Superman segment, and you will not have missed anything of importance. You can do this sort of thing in an issue of a comic book or an episode of a TV show -- something where people EXPECT an episodic story. But to do it in a feature film is baffling and disappointing.
If this had been billed as an anthology movie or an Elseworlds film, it would have been fine. There's fun to be had in watching DC's top three heroes dip into other realms for a change. But as much as I hate to use the term, this feels like kind of a bait and switch. I always say that it's not fair to judge a movie based on what you WANT it to be instead of what it IS, but considering how this film was presented to the fans, I think this might be the exception to that rule.
Review by Blake M. PetitVIP BlockedParent2023-08-05T23:27:23Z
This is a baffling film. The synopsis of this film promised a story about Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman fighting to free Warworld from the clutches of Mongul. Instead, it's an anthology movie where each of the Trinity appears inexplicably in another time period and/or genre and meets a character from a lesser-known DC series. There's no connection to the greater story promised in the synopsis until the last 20 minutes of this 90-minute film. Worst of all, it's done in such a way that the first two segments are rendered utterly inconsequential. You can start watching with the third segment, the Superman segment, and you will not have missed anything of importance. You can do this sort of thing in an issue of a comic book or an episode of a TV show -- something where people EXPECT an episodic story. But to do it in a feature film is baffling and disappointing.
If this had been billed as an anthology movie or an Elseworlds film, it would have been fine. There's fun to be had in watching DC's top three heroes dip into other realms for a change. But as much as I hate to use the term, this feels like kind of a bait and switch. I always say that it's not fair to judge a movie based on what you WANT it to be instead of what it IS, but considering how this film was presented to the fans, I think this might be the exception to that rule.