Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) (V)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Sam Liu

Writers:

Stan Berkowitz (written by)
Jeph Loeb (comic book)

Release Date:

29 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Superman | Enemy | Fugitive | Based On Comic Book | Batman

Cast

Clancy Brown	...	Lex Luthor (voice)
Kevin Conroy	...	Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Tim Daly	...	Superman (voice)
Xander Berkeley	...	Captain Atom / Nathaniel Christopher Adam (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Captain Marvel / Solomon Grundy / Additional Voices (voice)
Ricardo Chavira	...	Major Force / Clifford Zmeck (voice)
Allison Mack	...	Power Girl / Kara Zor-L / Karen Starr (voice)
John C. McGinley	...	Metallo (voice)
CCH Pounder	...	Amanda Waller (voice)
LeVar Burton	...	Black Lightning / Jefferson Pierce (voice)
Calvin Tran	...	Hiro Okamura / Toyman (voice)
Mark Jonathan Davis	...	Newscaster / Additional Voices (voice)
Brian George	...	Gorilla Grodd / Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer Hale	...	Starfire / Killer Frost (voice)
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence throughout and a crude comment.

Runtime:

USA:67 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45567)

Trivia:

Much of the voice-over work was done with the actors in the same room in order to let them play off of one another.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Billy Batson says the word "Shazam" while fighting Batman, the subtitles misspell it as "Shizam."

Quotes:

Lex Luthor: [to Superman] I can't think of a morning I haven't woken up with the thought of strangling you. That sanctimonious image of yours fooled everyone except me. Because I know evil.

Movie Connections:

References Superman/Doomsday (2007) (V)

A setback for DC animation.

Just as Wonder Woman was an improvement over New Frontier (good story, mediocre animation), I felt that Green Lantern was DC's best effort yet in terms of design and animation - it had some really nice fluid movement. Public Enemies feels like a rushed job. As an admirer of Ed McGuiness' art in the graphic novel upon which this DVD is based, I felt like they didn't have the conviction to stay true to the designs. It's like McGuiness art has been homogenized, put through a blender with 'Super Friends' and the result is blandness. The story is not really even worth mentioning (it's pretty much all fighting) except that they cut out some juicy stuff from the comic, yet kept the most ridiculous element. I like action as much as the next guy but I couldn't enjoy it because the animation kind of took away from it. I realize not everyone is such a stickler for animation but I was very disappointed.