Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (DVD))

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Product:	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (DVD)
Date:	17/10/09 (79 review reads)
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Advantages: Good animation, fun action scenes

Disadvantages: You need to have an interest in comics already

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is DC Comics/Warner Home Video's sixth original DC Universe animated movie. The film which has been released direct to DVD is based on a six issue story arc from the ongoing comic book series Superman/Batman, written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Ed McGuinness.

The plot follows Loeb's original writings pretty carefully and gives a faithful reimagining of the six issue arc. The main story focuses on the DC superheroes Superman and Batman as they are announced "public enemies" by newly appointed President of the United States, Lex Luthor (long time Superman villain). The characters have a bounty placed over their heads and we basically get 67 minutes of a pretty much never ending list of DC comic supervillains trying to defeat the duo on behalf of Luthor. It's basically a fan boy action movie, just rolling from fight scene to fight scene and showing as many different characters as they can ram in. But if you're a comic book fan that's pretty much all you want from a film like this.

The animation style is very similar to that of the original comic book and that along with the quality voice acting from Tim Daly as Superman and Kevin Conroy as Batman, make it very technically sound. Superman/Batman is a hell of a lot of fun, yes the plot is a little weak at times and there is an awful lot of fight scenes but that's just the nature of the source material. All the scenes seem to flow really well into another and the pace is relentless, the hour and a bit really fly by. If you have even the smallest interest in comics or the characters of Superman or Batman this is definitely worth a watch. It's not going to provide you with a perfect introduction to the DC Universe, as it presumes you know a little already but all in all it's an extremely fun film, highly recommended.

Voice cast includes:
Tim Daly as Superman
Kevin Conroy as Batman
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
C. C. H. Pounder as Amanda Waller
Allison Mack as Power Girl
John C. McGinley as John Corben/Metallo
Xander Berkeley as Captain Atom
Ricardo Chavira as Major Force
LeVar Burton as Black Lightning

Directed by: Sam Liu
Produced by: Bruce Timm
Written by: Stan Berkowitz

Summary: Fun version of a classic comic book arc