Written by Eddie Berganza And Alan Burnett And Todd Casey And Dave Gibbons And Michael Green And Marc Guggenheim And Geoff Johns And Peter Tomasi
Directed by Christopher Berkeley And Lauren Montgomery And Jay Oliva
Arisia: "I guess this is the blackest night everyone talks about."
Sinestro: "No, my dear. Only dusk."
A few weeks ago, I watched and reviewed Green Lantern: First Flight, so of course, I had to catch up with this one. A sequel of sorts to that movie, this one told a few different stories about various ring heaters in this part of the DC Universe.
The first story focused on Avra (Mitchell Whitfield). He's the Guardians humble scribe and one of the first chosen by the Corps rings, despite not being a warrior. He's got a team to help him take out the Dominators. Avra's responsible for the way the rings made constructs while his own ring went from Abin Sur (Arnold Vosloo) and eventually, Hal Jordan (Nathan Fillion).
Hal's role in this movie was to mentor newcomer, Arisia Rrab (Elizabeth Moss). He introduced her to Kilowog (Henry Rolins) and then we learned more about Kilowog. Kilowog's story involved his training with Sergeant Deegan (Wade Williams), which included not being dependent on the power ring and defending a nearby planet from the Khunds.
The story of Laira (Kelly Hu) delved into her family and homeworld of Jayd. This meant hostile reunions with both her brother and father as well as addressing war crimes and a suicide from Laura's father. It's a fairly dark story in this batch.
Then there's Mogo. Yes, there's a Green Lantern that's a sentient planet who'd prefer not to socialise with anyone. For Mogo's story, he's got the warmonger, Bolphunga (Roddy Piper) to deal with. Bolphunga's realisation as to what Mogo really was certainly made this the strongest of the stories. Also Mogo would come in handy by the conclusion of this movie.
The last two stories gave some backstory for both Abin Sur and Sinestro (Jason Isaacs) as well as the origins for Atrocitus (Bruce Thomas). Then you had the current Lanterns fighting Krona and his shadow demons. This came with severe casualties, including Oa itself. It's a good job that a sentient planet was able to be the Corps current base.
- The movie was broken into the following segments - Green Lantern, Kilowog, Laira, Mogo Doesn't Socialize, Abin Sur and Emerald Knights.
- Other Lanterns who appeared include Tomar-Re, Ganthet, Salaak and Boodikka to name a few.
- The animated series, Young Justice (different continuity) used the same animation style as this movie did.
- Chronology: Various timelines as the stories all linked to one another before the big battle with Krona.
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights mostly succeeded as a series of vignettes that connected to a bigger story. Some of the stories are stronger than others but none of them are bad. A solid follow up from the previous animated movie.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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