Justice League - Crisis on two Earths

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Justice League - Crisis on two Earths

Language - English
Genre - Superhero, animated

Justice League - Crisis on two Earths is (loosely) based on the 'Earth 2' graphic novel ( as oppose to the ' Crisis on Earth 1, Crisis on Earth 2' storyline) and is set between Earth 1, the normal dc universe and Earth 2, the 'Evil opposite' universe. The film starts with the on Earth 2 with their version of Lex Luthor and the Joker stealing something from the vault of the 'Crime Syndicate', the evil version of the Justice League, the Joker sacrifices himself to allow Lex time to escape. Lex makes it out to the street only to be confronted by the the main members of the Crime Syndicate:

Ultraman, the evil Superman

Owlman, the evil Batman

Superwoman, the evil Wonder woman

Johny Quick, the evil Flash

The evil version of the Green Lantern

Lex uses a devise and disappears from the Crime Syndicate and reappers on Earth 1, he asks the Justice League for help but also hide the stolen device on the Justice League's space station head quarters.

Lex convinces the Justice League, with the exception of Batman to accompany him back to Earth 2 to help him defeate the Crime Syndicate so Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash and Martian Manhunter cross to Earth 2.

We find the the Crime Syndicate has almost free range on their Earth, the police will not arrest them and if they did no one would press charges against them due to the fear of their families being hurt, no one can touch the Crime Syndicate due to their power, their guards (the other super powers of the universe) and no one knows where their base is.

The Justice League go up against the Crime Syndicate and start to take their criminal operations apart, until Super woman travels to Earth 1 to retrieve the stolen equipment, a key part of a bomb that, if detonated could destroy the world. Batman follows Super Women back to Earth 2.

This is where the story starts to deviate from the Earth 2 graphic novel as it is discovered that Owlman intends to take the bomb to another version of Earth, Earth Prime which is the first universe from which the multiverse has grown from. Owlman has decided that humans are all that is wrong with all of the universes and intends to wipe out all life everywhere. The Justice League and the Crime Syndicate team up to stop Owlman and Superwoman while the Martin Manhunter helps the Presidents daughter rally the army and police against the Syndicate.

When I first got Crisis on two Earths I expected a direct retelling of the 'Earth 2' story but the changes made the story new and different. Crisis has a bigger cast than Earth 2 using an extended cast of dc characters and their evil counterparts and is set more on Earth 2. There are other differences between the film and the graphic novel, for instance they have taken out Owlman's sidekick and all the innuendos that came with it, the relationships between the members of the Crime Syndicate is also different but this does not detract anything from the story. The film also gives an idea of the infinite size of the multiverse where as the graphic novel was writern just before DC started their '52' universes so they seemed to tone down the size of everything, consternating on just the two Earths.

The extended cast brings more variety to the fight scenes although my favourite was still the Wonder Woman vs Super Woman (nothing like a couple of super powered women fighting :) ).

There are is also good nod to some of the classic DC series such as Wonder Woman acquiring the invisible jet.

Over all Crisis on two Earths is an entertain take on the 'evil twin' but, as it was set in an evil universe there was a noticeable absence of beards.