Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 2 (Blu-ray/Digital)

The whole Crisis on Infinite Earth movies were so well done and honestly well drawn that I was very happy with the full series. I just wish DC would stick to animated as they do these so well.

good movie

First off, absolutely hated Part One (see my review on here). So, I was reluctant to spend another dime on this project. However, Amazon at least offered the option to rent it. $5 is a cup of coffee. From the first minute it was better. Solitary Batman is ruthless, and his interaction with the Bat Family from (I cannot keep track of which Earth) is intriguing. He flat out has the coldest line of the series to Dick Grayson (ouchie). You get a great backstory to Psycho Pirate that includes all of his various versions across the years (similar to Kang in the MCU). They definitely didn't hold back on the cruelty in this one--as Psycho Pirate's sociopathic tendencies are on full display. You also get a nice backstory on why Kara Zor El is Harbinger (a major shift from the original comic) that works well, and the actress who portrays her does a wonderful job. I think when Part 3 comes out and we get the hows and whys of the Anti-Monitor’s motives, Kara's part in this should be a little clearer (if they stick the landing). The only thing that really disappointed me is that they went with a generic design for the AM instead of his iconic skullface/cyber armor version. I would have loved to have seen him in that form instead of this Shadow Man lazy design. Anyway, overall better action, darker tone, and cleaner animation than Part One. Hopefully this bodes well for Part 3. Fingers crossed.

The movie is impressive from part one to part three—they're all amazing! It really leaves you thinking that the villain is just another natural phenomenon, doing what they have to do to keep things in order. The writing is deep and thought-provoking, the acting is great, and the storyline is wonderful. Worth every penny!

Where the first installment of the Crisis trilogy that is supposed to wrap up the Tomorrowverse was a rousing time-tripping event, Part Two is more of a character study of two of its main characters instead of an actual story. The second chapter leaps from different points of the prior Tomorrowverse titles while showing how the still remaining characters attempt to hold their realities together. The movie strays somewhat from the original Crisis On Infinite Earths comic book series of the 80s, even though it's trying to establish a new take on old characters who were first introduced in that same event. If there was a reason for buying this movie on its own as opposed to waiting for the compilation movie that Warner Bros. will do is if you're a profoundly compulsive DC fan who has to get everything related to comics as they are first released.The state of things is that there are five remaining Earths being held together with a tower on each one keeping the anti-matter waves at bay. Joker tries to destroy one with Solomon Grundy and Killer Crock while Tomorrowverse Batman teams up with different members of the Bat-Family from various realities to stop this attack. The remaining heroes gathered by The Monitor are coordinating in an attempt to prevent being wiped from existence. The majority of the first half goes over the lives of Supergirl and Psycho-Pirate who was the main villain from Justice Society: World War II. We learn about Supergirl's life after Krypton exploded at the beginning of Legion Of Super-Heroes at how she ended up spending some years under the care of The Monitor and then eventually heading to Earth to reunite with her cousin. Psycho-Pirate's entire backstory is covered in his prior life on Earth-2 as Charles Halstead who can control emotions, how he gained the ability to travel to other worlds from Dr. Fate, and how he went from one reality to another when he would wear out his welcome just restarting his plan in a different universe. It turns out that Psycho-Pirate was also Doctor Spectro from the DC Showcase: Blue Beetle short, meaning that he has assumed different identities on other worlds, and finally gets a visit by Supergirl who is now Harbinger thanks to a power transfer from The Monitor. Pycho-Pirate gets The Monitor to also give him a portion of his cosmic power to enhance his own empathic abilities as the villain begins to make contact with The Monitor's opposite, the equally powerful Anti-Monitor. This mysterious new enemy sends hordes of shadow demons against the heroes who are defending the towers. Wonder Woman disappears along with the Amazons on their world, the Bat-Family fall prey to Psycho-Pirate's control, and John Stewart manages to finally awaken John Constantine from his centuries long haze of being Pariah but at the cost of the last remaining Green Lantern ring. Psycho-Pirate manipulates Supergirl into taking out her aggression on The Monitor, brutally attacking him. The Anti-Monitor coalesces all his shadow demons into a single huge giant about to destroy the final tower, ending on a cliffhanger.Part Two carries on the story from Part One, but it all seems like the entire project could've just been split up into a longer double feature instead of a trilogy. Despite the Bat-Family showing up on a lot of the promotional material, there is little done with the characters, and Will Friedle as Batman Beyond only gets about two lines in the whole movie. The final chapter is supposed to feature the return of many former DCAU actors, including the final performance of Batman by Kevin Conroy, although it seems like it will be more of a sound bite. You would be better off waiting until the final chapter is released before bothering with this forgettable filler episode, or at least when they do the mandatory collected edition of all three movies.

Loves this

Watched it twice, great movie

I had fun watching this movie and awesome that I got to pre-order it with Amazon gift cards. Also, it's very interesting continuation story for this multiverse stories and to know what is going to happen to the DC Universes and DC: TomorrowVerse. The story and art is great. Also, like that some of the cast that were on the first movie or first chapter they returned to play their characters like Batman, Supergirl, etc..I hope Amazon Prime Videos they add the future continuation chapters of this movies series and make it available to pre-order with Amazon gift cards so that I can added to my DC Universe collection of movies and tv shows on my account of Amazon Prime Videos.I'm curious what happens to flash and the rest of JL from all the universes/multiverses to fight and found out who it is destroying the multiverses. Sorry, if in case there's spoilers on my review. 😅✌🏽🖖🏽👍🏽📚📺