Unstoppable alien murder monster Doomsday comes to Earth on an asteroid, beats seven shades out of the JLA, only Superman can save the day. Spoiler alert - he kills Doomsday but Doomsday kills him. Roll on Reign Of The Supermen, the follow-up movie.
The original 1992 comic event from which this movie is drawn was shocking and significant but, notwithstanding its drama and the fact that it took several months to tell, it wasn't actually much of a story, as the synopsis above shows. So this film pads out its 75-minute running time with quite a lot of extra stuff, the main bit of which is Lois finding out that Clark is Superman (in the comic, she already knew).
Some iconic imagery - by which I mean shredded cape flapping in the breeze - is reproduced, but much is different. The Justice league members are different, but that is not unexpected. What did disconcert me, however, is that this is very much the New 52 Superman - young, high-collared onesie, with a history of having dated Wonder Woman. OK, fair enough, it's not a deal breaker.
But the film didn't really engage me. I didn't much care for the characterisations, and I certainly didn't like the animation much. The final battle should have been epic, but it was simply OK.
I shan't rewatch it in a hurry.
The original 1992 comic event from which this movie is drawn was shocking and significant but, notwithstanding its drama and the fact that it took several months to tell, it wasn't actually much of a story, as the synopsis above shows. So this film pads out its 75-minute running time with quite a lot of extra stuff, the main bit of which is Lois finding out that Clark is Superman (in the comic, she already knew).
Some iconic imagery - by which I mean shredded cape flapping in the breeze - is reproduced, but much is different. The Justice league members are different, but that is not unexpected. What did disconcert me, however, is that this is very much the New 52 Superman - young, high-collared onesie, with a history of having dated Wonder Woman. OK, fair enough, it's not a deal breaker.
But the film didn't really engage me. I didn't much care for the characterisations, and I certainly didn't like the animation much. The final battle should have been epic, but it was simply OK.
I shan't rewatch it in a hurry.