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- Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox succeeds wildly where the comic fell flat. By incorporating choice elements from the comic event tie-ins to the main narrative, it hits all the right notes to not only create an intense thriller, but also prove that Flash can carry his own film.
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The Flash causes a temporal ripple that creates a fractured reality where the Justice league has never formed, Superman does not exist and a war rages between Wonder Woman and Aquaman....
- The Flashpoint Paradox spins an alternate reality tale.
- Verdict
By Joshua Yehl
Updated: Jul 14, 2016 12:29 am
Posted: Jul 20, 2013 4:17 pm
For those in the comics know, the Flashpoint comic event was more of a means to an end to launch the New 52 than a definitive alternate reality story, but Warner Bros. Animation has outdone its source material by making Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox a fully fleshed out and cohesive tale featuring the Flash. The sleek and hard-hitting anime-influenced style works perfectly for this much more mature and action-packed story. And when I say mature I mean it: this is the most bloody, violent, and downright hardcore DC Comics animated film to date.
Whether that violence is too much or not is your decision. One character gets an arrow through the head. Another, after his helmet gets broken open, gets a face full of bullets and all we see is the blood splatter out. Someone else gets decapitated and we see the severed head. These gratuitous deaths of countless soldiers, favorites making a cameo, and even main characters have that Die Hard sense of fun about it, but it takes a depressing turn at the end. The brutality reaches the tipping point where its not so enjoyable anymore, most notably when a child gets straight up killed and we see his body flop to the ground with unblinking eyes.
But what's the reason that a Justice League movie is showcasing such gore? After a clever and unique opening scene featuring Flash taking on his villains with the help of the Justice League, Flash wakes up in a strange yet familiar world. He doesn't have his powers, Cyborg is the world's greatest hero, and a feud between Wonder Woman and Aquaman is about to cause World War Three. There are a great deal more twists, but to detail them would spoil the fun of this movie. There's an excellent flashback scene that shows how small changes in a hero's origin can have huge ramifications down the line. As a newspaper headline proclaims, this is a world on the brink of Armageddon and the threat of death is real for everyone.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox succeeds wildly where the comic fell flat. By incorporating choice elements from the comic event tie-ins to the main narrative, it hits all the right notes to not only create an intense thriller, but also prove that Flash can carry his own film. This is a seriously hardcore cartoon with lots of brutal violence...
Jul 30, 2013 · great. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is the most hardcore DC animated movie to date. Joshua Yehl. Read Review. Summary. The world is turned upside down as one of earth's greatest...
Aug 5, 2013 · 4.5 out of 5. The latest animated movie starring the Justice League adapts a difficult comic story dealing with alternate realities and shattered heroes. Somehow, it succeeds.
Aug 6, 2013 · This is a vicious tale of super-powered psychopaths that features Wonder Woman decapitating opponents and Batman shooting down bad guys like it ain’t no thing. Director Jay Oliva helmed the tale...
Jul 30, 2013 · great. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is the most hardcore DC animated movie to date. Joshua Yehl. Read Review. Summary. The world is turned upside down as one of earth's greatest...
