‘Justice League: Warworld’ Review- A Three-In-One Tomorrowverse Adventure
This film was released in 2023.
Justice League: Warworld is the next entry into the Tomorrowverse, the animated DC Universe. It is directed by Jeff Wamester and produced by Warner Bros. Animation.
During the Wild West, a mysterious black-haired woman (Stana Katic) rides into the town of Last Stand. She meets gun-for-hire Jonah Hex (Troy Baker), who is in a standoff with Bat Lash (Brett Dalton), who has holed up citizens of the town in the local bank. Hex tries to tempt the woman into joining him when he sees her lasso work, but things are not what they seem. Meanwhile, in the magical world of Skartaris, the Warlord Travis Morgan (Teddy Sears) encounters a mercenary (Jensen Ackles) who agrees to take him and his soldiers to the castle of the evil wizard Deimos (Damian O’Hare). Back on Earth, federal agents Clark Kent (Darren Criss) and Faraday (Frank Grillo) question customers at a diner about a strange alien encounter.
The Tomorrowverse has had a tough time out of the gate. With the DCAU and the DCAMU having established fan bases, it has had a polite entrance on the scene, but it has not made the splash that Batman: Mask of the Phantasm or Justice League: War did.
It is a shame because, like previous entries, this one definitely had one. It has three smaller stories that converge into one, and see the DC Trinity members Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman come together to battle the enemy.
It is well-written, but you can tell that they played it safe. They teetered on not wanting to offend anyone, but also had several scenes to make true DC fans cheer. As a result, you get a typical animated feature that definitely kept me entertained, but it did not wow me. This seems to be where DC Entertainment wants to be. Just churn out non-offensive, vague adaptations of popular DC story arcs or characters and then hope enough people download it or buy the DVD.
This film seems to be part of that scheme because if they had just dusted up the dialogue, fixed the pace, fleshed out the ending, and given Batman more screen time, I think it would have been way better instead of just passable.
Bottom line, Justice League: Warworld is an enjoyable entry in the Tomorrowverse timeline. Hopefully, its sequel will do better.
PARENTAL CONCERNS: Violence, Some animated gore, Some foul language
FAVORITE QUOTE: I don’t remember.
Check out the trailer below:
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