My Review of Justice League: Warworld (2023)

 

Written by Jeremy Adams And Ernie Altbacker And Josie Campbell

Directed by Jeff Wamester

Superman: "Where on Earth are we anyways?"

Martian Manhunter: "Not Earth. Warworld."

With the last two Tomorrowverse movies giving focus to characters like Green Lantern and Supergirl, it was time to focus back on the Trinity and by doing that, we got a movie where our three heroes were scattered in different time zones.

First of all Wonder Woman (Stana Katic) ended up in the Wild West where she had to contend with both Bat Lash (Brett Dalton) and Jonah Hex (Troy Baker). It's a simple enough tale with Diana struggling to remember her name as well as controlling her rage when Hex stepped out of line. 

Then there was Batman (Jensen Ackles). He ended up on the world of Skartaris where he went from being a mercenary/slave of the warlord Travis Morgan (Teddy Sears) to allying with him in order to raid the castle of Deimos (Damian O'Hare) for freedom and gold. It's during this plot that a certain slave woman and a golden lasso along with the mercenary that both realised they needed to get to a portal to be in their own time.

Then there of course Superman (Darren Criss). Stuck in 1950s town of Grovers Mill, he was a federal agent along with King Faraday (Frank Grillo) and quickly reunited with both Bruce and Diana. There was also subplot here involving White Martians before it turned out that the setting wasn't real to begin with it.

It was revealed that the our Trinity along with Martian Manhunter (Ike Amadi) were being kept prisoner on Warworld by Mongul (Robin Atkin Downes) with Lobo (John DiMaggio) assisting him. Fortunately having Martian Manhunter helped in turning both Mongul and Lobo against one another.

Then there was the final few minutes of the movie. Warworld got destroyed and a mystery woman, who the next movie would reveal to be Harbinger (Kari Wahlgren) informed the Trinity about the coming Crisis as this particular continuity of animated movies would head to it's three part send off.

- Superman's plot was in black and white, riffing off The Twilight Zone.

- There's another brief appearance of The Flash (Matt Bomer) in this movie as "old man".

- Other characters who appeared included Ginsburg and Snapper Carr. 

- Chronology: Various timelines, considering what Mongul was subjecting the Trinity to in this movie.

Justice League: Warworld I guess should be lauded for trying something a bit different. Much as the various timelines for the Trinity was an interesting idea, it didn't quite gel as well it could've done. Still, this movie did serve it's purpose as a prelude to a much bigger event on the horizon.

Rating: 6 out of 10