Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) (V)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Dave Bullock

Writers:

Stan Berkowitz (written by)
Darwyn Cooke (additional material)

Release Date:

26 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the 1950s, a new generation of superheroes must join forces with the community's active veterans and a hostile US government to fight a menace to Earth.

Plot Keywords:

1950s | Batman | Wonder Woman | Green Lantern | Superman

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations

Cast

David Boreanaz	...	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
Miguel Ferrer	...	J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barry Allen / The Flash (voice)
John Heard	...	Ace Morgan (voice)
Lucy Lawless	...	Wonder Woman (voice)
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Superman (voice)
Lex Lang	...	Rick Flagg (voice)
Phil Morris	...	King Faraday (voice)
Kyra Sedgwick	...	Lois Lane (voice)
Brooke Shields	...	Carol Ferris (voice)
Jeremy Sisto	...	Batman (voice)
Joe Alaskey	...	Bugs Bunny (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Sportscaster (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Abin Sur (voice)
Townsend Coleman	...	Dr. Magnus (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violent content/images.

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Portuguese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | New Zealand:M | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | Australia:M

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

This direct-to-DVD animated feature is an adaptation of Darwyn Cooke's 2004 DC Comics miniseries, ‘DC: The New Frontier’. Darwyn Cooke also did work on the 1999 animated series, "Batman Beyond" (1999) and writes regularly for DC Comics.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Centre: [narrating] Like all things on this hurtling sphere, I emerged from the molten center of creation. But mine has been a unique path. Isolated, I developed attributes beyond those of lesser beings. Then the sphere was struck by a vast celestial stone. Black chunks of death filled the skies and the world became a chaotic world of doom...

Movie Connections:

References Steel (1997)

Awesome adaptation. Fantastic movie.

This is a fantastic film, retaining the style and flavour of the original tale, and for me bringing back a real sense of the earliest Justice League stories and the original heroes of the DC Silver Age.

Reading some of the other reviewers they seem to want the glitzy shiny polished versions that have been popularised these days, but I've got to be honest - these stocky built characters beat out the ballet dancer heroes of today in my book. And the feel of Jack Kirby through especially the latter part of the film.

The story itself does a great job of integrating the Golden Age Justice Society days and the Silver Age Justice League days. A worthy piece of work, and I hope we see more of these special projects from the Warner animation department (and Bruce Timm!)