Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths (2009)

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• John M

  
  Lots of big name voice talents. I havent watched a super hero cartoon in a long long time. Was fun.

• EightThirty .

  
  03/09/2011 (2011) <b>SUPER!</b> It was a great DC flick and it was pretty cool and funny when I think about how each of them had nemesis rivals of similar attributes and powers and even costumes. As expected some cool action sequences where we get to the Super dudes do… More
  03/09/2011 (2011) <b>SUPER!</b> It was a great DC flick and it was pretty cool and funny when I think about how each of them had nemesis rivals of similar attributes and powers and even costumes. As expected some cool action sequences where we get to the Super dudes do their thang and use their powers for the sake of justice. <i>I would like to see the JL go up against the "Avengers" some day in a film animated or live!</i> That would be Super! Always a treat to see the comic heroes in a film! <i><b>Super crazy stuff!</b></i>

• Drake T

  
  Essentially the type of JL cross-over event DC fans have waited for to be animated. Full of parallel universeness, Watchmen-themed undertones and smash n' bash action. Not the most brilliant script/dialogue but in the end it will satisfy anyone who loves the… More
  Essentially the type of JL cross-over event DC fans have waited for to be animated. Full of parallel universeness, Watchmen-themed undertones and smash n' bash action. Not the most brilliant script/dialogue but in the end it will satisfy anyone who loves the multi-superhero-team-up, just damn, the new voices aren't doing it for me and I was never a fan of the JL.

• Manu G

  
  Excellent story and animation!!! Non-stop action and animation throughout the entire movie. Love it! A good version of Lex Luthor from a parallel Earth comes to the Justice League's dimension for help to fight their evil counterparts.

• Conner R

  
  Essentially the poor man's JLA: Earth 2, but pretty good as far as recent DC animated movies go. My main issue with this was the lack of good voice acting. It's just bizarre not hearing Kevin Conroy as Batman or Tim Daly as Superman and of course Clancy Brown as Lex, that… More
  Essentially the poor man's JLA: Earth 2, but pretty good as far as recent DC animated movies go. My main issue with this was the lack of good voice acting. It's just bizarre not hearing Kevin Conroy as Batman or Tim Daly as Superman and of course Clancy Brown as Lex, that would've made this a far more enjoyable movie. It was really nice seeing the full Justice League in action rather than a mixed bag of them and the animation is very good.

• danny d

  
  im a huge sucker for these DC and marvel animated releases. some of them have been sub-par, but when their good like this one i admit i may tend to over-rate them. there is just no doubt that these films are incredibly entertaining, and this one is no different. they simplified the… More
  im a huge sucker for these DC and marvel animated releases. some of them have been sub-par, but when their good like this one i admit i may tend to over-rate them. there is just no doubt that these films are incredibly entertaining, and this one is no different. they simplified the story from the mess that is the multi-verse in the comics, and the pace and story elements worked well.

• Dean M

  
  The level of detail in the artwork is maintained consistently and looks similar to the style of <i>Green Lantern: First Flight</i> and 2007's <i>Wonder Woman</i>; though one or two scenes could have been done better (for example, some scenes where walls… More
  The level of detail in the artwork is maintained consistently and looks similar to the style of <i>Green Lantern: First Flight</i> and 2007's <i>Wonder Woman</i>; though one or two scenes could have been done better (for example, some scenes where walls are smashed. The part of the wall to be broken is obviously colored differently from the rest of the wall). Co-directors Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu combine their talents to bring out the best in every scene from the subtle drama to the hard hitting fights. Dwayne McDuffie did a great job writing the scenario for this film. Although similar stories have been used in previous comics/animated films, he still manages to make it unique in appearance. Although everyone likes seeing hero's go toe-to-toe with their own alternative (evil) selves. But this film adds more than just "twin on evil twin" action. One last note - the voice acting here was surprisingly good. It's tricky not having the standard voices for Superman/Batman (I found out about the voice of Batman is not as Kevin Conroy), but William Baldwin actually didn't do too bad, and same for Mark Harmon. Best of all were Gina Torres as the femme fatale in Superwoman, and James Woods dialing down his usual hammy bad-guy acting for Owlman, who sounds so cerebral one wonders why he has that big suit of armour.

• Steve K

  
  Not bad entry from the DC animated team. A little too predictable for fans of the original works. Couldn't quite come to terms with William Baldwin as Batman, but James Woods was a terrific Owlman.

• Michael G

  
  Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is decent enough but nothing to flip out over. The action is pretty wild (great, great fight scenes) and the story is decent enough, but despite this concept has been around the DC universe forever I just felt like I was watching a watered-down… More
  Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is decent enough but nothing to flip out over. The action is pretty wild (great, great fight scenes) and the story is decent enough, but despite this concept has been around the DC universe forever I just felt like I was watching a watered-down version of the Star Trek episode with the goateed Spock. (And yes, I know the name of the episode but at risk of sounding like a t o t a l geek I are not utter its name.) A lot of the characters were underused and/or underdeveloped. Superman was a conventionally traditional candyass and The Green Lantern got nowhere nearly enough play. Batman was weak as hell and the whole confrontation between he and his evil counterpart didn't build up to much of anything. You know you're in trouble when the strongest character is a good version of Lex Luthor. The voices were kind of lame and static (William Baldwin as Batman!? Really!?) as the overall execution was. But in the plus column that Spectre bonus cartoon ruled...

• Luke B

  
  These Marvel and DC animated movies are certainly great chances to explore different stories. The only problem with the DC ones is that they have a strict formula for the number of action scenes. This means most of the dialogue between the action can pretty much be ignored. Crisis on… More
  These Marvel and DC animated movies are certainly great chances to explore different stories. The only problem with the DC ones is that they have a strict formula for the number of action scenes. This means most of the dialogue between the action can pretty much be ignored. Crisis on Two Earths did well in displaying the different characters and their relationships in the short amount of time. James Woods as Owlman was the most interesting character, becoming something worse than his dull crime-syndicate buddies. It's no New Frontier, and perhaps it's just my love of Green Lantern, but he wasn't in this enough. Hopefully DC will focus on the individual characters as the group efforts are overflowing with too many ingredients.

• Michael M

  
  The latest film in the direct-to-DVD DC Universe films aims high, very high. This is a film that takes the already vast and convoluted world of the DC Universe and adds in the always-popular alternate universe factor. It aims high, but ultimately falls short of it's potential.… More
  The latest film in the direct-to-DVD DC Universe films aims high, very high. This is a film that takes the already vast and convoluted world of the DC Universe and adds in the always-popular alternate universe factor. It aims high, but ultimately falls short of it's potential. The film opens in a alternate world where Lex Luthor is a good guy, along with the Joker's alter ego, The Jester. The two secure a piece of technology that allows them to travel between worlds, but The Jester dies at the hands of the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the Justice League. Good Lex winds up in the universe of the heroic Justice League, and after pleading his case they agree to help save his world. Once the Justice League travels to the alternate world, they see the evil versions of their own selves. For Superman there is Ultraman, for Batman there is Owlman, there's even a hulkish version of Jimmy Olsen awaiting them. There are a lot of characters in this movie, and only a handful take on a major role. For a 70-minute film, that's a bit of a problem. For every complex and interesting character like Owlman, there's a dozen Angeliques (that's Hawkgirl's alter-ego by the way). Characters have their 20 second scene, and then disappear. Also, for all the alter-egos we see, we only see one for a villain. Lex Luthor mentions at the beginning of the film that he's the last surviving member of his world's Justice League. It's really a shame, because it would've been a lot of fun to see good versions of characters like Poison Ivy, Braniac, and especially Doomsday. Perhaps a better route would have fewer characters who receive more focus. We never see the origin story for any member of the Crime Syndicate. That could have been fun, especially since by their very nature they would have to have very different origins to their counterparts. I would also have liked to see more alternate worlds, since we only see two in great detail. It may sound like I'm contradicting myself, asking for less of one thing and more of another, but it's more that I think the film is vast in the wrong areas. A longer film, or maybe even a trilogy of this idea could've achieved a lot more with it. So yes, there were things I didn't like about this film. But the things I did like I really liked. Owlman manages to be one of the most intriguing villains I've seen in a while, the animation and voice acting are good, and seeing the Justice League duking it out with their alter-egos is as entertaining as you would expect it to be. The fact that my biggest complaint is wanting more should be a testament to the quality of what is offered. It's certainly not the best of the recent DC Animated films, but it's consistently entertaining and provides some intriguing twists to a well established universe...well, universes I suppose.

• Byron B

  
  Interesting concept with the parallel universes and the twisted mirror images of the classic characters. It was a geeky pleasure to see each pair match strengths: Superman and Ultraman, Batman and Owlman, Wonder Woman and Superwoman, The Flash and Johnny Quick, and Green Lantern and… More
  Interesting concept with the parallel universes and the twisted mirror images of the classic characters. It was a geeky pleasure to see each pair match strengths: Superman and Ultraman, Batman and Owlman, Wonder Woman and Superwoman, The Flash and Johnny Quick, and Green Lantern and Power Ring. I liked the art work, but didn't think it was anything super amazing. Since my favorite comic book superhero is probably Batman, I liked that Batman and Owlman are given the juicier roles at the climax of the story.

• John M

  
  The story of "Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths" is essentially straight forward, but there are just enough convoluted twists and action to keep you interested, despite the fact that the film is animated.

• Chad R

  
  As me just being a big kid, I enjoyed this story of the justice league and it's battles with their opposites as imagined on an parallel universe. Good voice acting and story.

• Jim W

  
  I couldn't sleep and watch this instantly on Netflix one night. The movie has a good Lex Luther from an Alternate Reality asking the Justice League for help. Lex is the leader of the Justice League in his reality and a group of super villains took out his team. These super… More
  I couldn't sleep and watch this instantly on Netflix one night. The movie has a good Lex Luther from an Alternate Reality asking the Justice League for help. Lex is the leader of the Justice League in his reality and a group of super villains took out his team. These super villains are a lot similar to Superman, Batman, the Flash, WonderWoman and the Green Lantern. The movie was original and decent enough that it kept my attention through-out.

• Aurelius D

  
  Very nice story. The voice acting was good even though I have previously enjoyed other voice actors in these same roles. There was something pretty awesome about Gibbs voicing superman. The story does the old gem about other earths and the existence of a multi-verse. Lex from the… More
  Very nice story. The voice acting was good even though I have previously enjoyed other voice actors in these same roles. There was something pretty awesome about Gibbs voicing superman. The story does the old gem about other earths and the existence of a multi-verse. Lex from the alternate earth comes to the JLA's earth in order to recruit help to take down the other universes superhero's. The interesting thing is the alternate universes hero's are the mob and control their earth. It is the second time they have done the alternate universe bit, except this time they aren't the Justice Lords. Still an awesome story line with great animation.

• Sean S

  
  It's kind of a bridge between the 2 Justice League cartoons , Justice League and Justice League Unlimited but what a bridge! Once again the DC animation people elevate the game and if you are a fan at all this is a must see.

• Chosen 7

  
  It was ok. The plot could have been a lot better. The best part was the fight between Batman and Owl Man. The voice-work could have been a lot better.

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