Justice League vs. the Fatal Five

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
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Directed by	Sam Liu
Screenplay by	Eric Carrasco Jim Krieg Alan Burnett
Story by	Eric Carrasco
Produced by	Sam Liu Amy McKenna Benjamin Melniker & Michael Uslan (co-executive producer) Sam Register & Bruce Timm (executive producers)
Starring	Elyes Gabel Diane Guerrero Kevin Conroy Susan Eisenberg George Newbern Daniela Bobadilla Kevin Michael Richardson
Edited by	Christopher D. Lozinski
Music by	Michael McCuistion Lolita Ritmanis Kristopher Carter
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release dates	March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29) (WonderCon Anaheim) March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30) (digital) April 16, 2019 (2019-04-16) (4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five is a 2019 American animated superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Home Video. Featuring the DC Comics team of the same name created by Gardner Fox the film will be the thirty-fourth in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series. It had its world premiere at WonderCon Anaheim 2019 on March 29, 2019, was released on Digital HD on March 30, 2019, and it is scheduled to be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on April 16, 2019.

Announced at San Diego Comic-Con on July 20, 2018. The film features Kevin Conroy, Susan Eisenberg, and George Newbern reprising their roles as Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman from Justice League Unlimited and other DC productions.

Plot

In the 31st century, three members of the Fatal Five - Tharok, Persuader and Mano - attack the headquarters of the Legion of Super-Heroes, with the aim of capturing their time travel device. Star Boy, Saturn Girl and Brainiac 5, the only Legionnaires present, try to keep them back but fail. Just as the villains activate the device, Star Boy leaps at them and is taken along on their ride back into the 21st century. While the time machine descends down to Earth, Star Boy manages to trigger a boobytrap Brainiac 5 has programmed into the device's computer, which traps the villains in a stasis field. Star Boy comes down in Gotham City, while the time machine ends up in Metropolis. Star Boy finds to his horror that his only supply of a mind-stabilizing drug he needs regularly has been destroyed by his rough landing. During his search for a replacement (which does not exist in this era), his increasingly erratic behavior gets him arrested by Batman and interred in Arkham. The stasis-locked time machine is picked up by Superman and brought to the Justice League's headquarters for analysis.

Ten months later, Jessica Cruz is struggling with the trauma of her near-death by a murderer who killed her friends after they had stumbled upon him burying two bodies three years ago, leaving her afraid to leave her apartment; adding onto her anxiety is that a Green Lantern ring choose her, and that Wonder Woman keeps trying to recruit her into the Justice League. In Gotham, Miss Martian is trying to prove herself to Batman for membership in the League, but her inexperience works against her good intentions. While trying to unlock the secret of the strange sphere, Mister Terrific brings down the stasis field, freeing its occupants. Superman and Mister Terrific fight them, but Superman is wounded by Persuader's axe, and the villains escape. In Gotham, Star Boy's memory is jogged by a news report of that fight, and he breaks out of Arkham. The Leaguers compare their notes about these unknown assailants and discover they are time travelers, and from one of Star Boy's rantings Batman deduces that they are after Jessica. When the three villains start beating Jessica down, Star Boy comes to her rescue, shortly followed by Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Mister Terrific and Miss Martian, who force them into flight after a hard struggle. In the aftermath, Star Boy and Jessica form a close friendship.

To find out more about their guest from the future, Batman instructs Miss Martian to telepathically link their and Jessica's minds with Star Boy's memories, thus learning about the Legion. They also come to witness a battle between the Legion—Chameleon, Dawnstar, Tyroc, Mon-El, Shadow Lass, and later Brainiac 5, Saturn Girl, and Star Boy—and the Fatal Five, which ended with the capture of Emerald Empress (Mano's lover) and Validus. Upon their awakening, the League receives an ultimatum from Mano: Surrender Jessica, or all American cities will be destroyed by bombs created by Tharok. The first bombings start in Metropolis, forcing the Justice League to move out. Jessica, left behind with Star Boy in the Watchtower, is contacted by Tharok through her ring, forcing her to surrender herself to the Five and enable them entry to the Green Lantern Corps science cells where Emerald Empress and Validus are held, since no prison in the 31st century could contain them. Despite interference by the Corps, the two imprisoned of the Five are freed, and when Jessica fights back, Persuader cleaves her ring in two. Afterwards, Emerald Empress has her Emerald Eye absorb the entire energy of the Corps' central lantern, and then the Five return to Earth to recover the time machine.

In the meantime, Star Boy discovers Jessica's absence and informs the League. The heroes proceed to the time machine's location, a secret military base, where the Five force them into battle. Emerald Empress disables the League and then initiates her master plan to use the Lantern's power to destroy Earth's sun, wipe out humanity, and thus prevent the formation of the Legion. In the prison, Jessica recovers her faith and determination, and by reciting her oath she reassembles her power ring. She returns to Earth and prevents the Five from escaping back to their own era by bringing the whole base down on them.

Superman, Jessica and Star Boy then race after the Eye, but are too late to prevent it from plunging into the sun. As the star cracks apart, Star Boy sacrifices himself by lowering himself into the sun's core and using his powers to reverse the fractioning. In the final scene, as the Leaguers commemorate Star Boy's heroism, they are joined by the Legion, who have come from the future to honor their fallen comrade. Batman also grants Miss Martian admission into the League for her bravery.

Cast

The cast, writers and producers of Justice League vs. the Fatal Five promoting the film at the 2019 WonderCon.

• Elyes Gabel as Thomas Kallor / Star Boy, a member of the Legion of Superheroes with power to control gravity. He suffers from a mental illness that prevents coherent thought and memory.
• Diane Guerrero as Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern, also know as "Limelight" in the future. Jessica suffers from anxiety for most of the film, due to the trauma of seeing her parents murdered. The Fatal Five targeted her to free the rest of their team because Jessica was the only Lantern vulnerable at the time.
• Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman
• Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman
• George Newbern as Clark Kent / Superman
• Daniela Bobadilla as Miss Martian, a rookie hero attempting to win Batman's approval to join the Justice League.
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Terrific, the third smartest person on the planet.
• Tom Kenny as Bloodsport, a conspiracy loon/terrorist who believes JFK is still alive.
• Peter Jessop as Tharok, a cyborg and technology expert of the Fatal Five
• Matthew Yang King as The Persuader, wielder of an ax that has been sharpened to an atom in sharpness. His ironic moniker comes from the fact his ax serves as an insinuative to cooperate.
• Sumalee Montano as Emerald Empress, leader of the Fatal Five and Mano's lover. Without her Eye, she is powerless.
• Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as Mano, a being who's very touch can destroy and erode whatever he comes in contact with; however, this is limited to his right hand, which is the only spot on his containment suit that will open.
• Tara Strong as Saturn Girl
• Noel Fisher as Brainiac 5
• Bruce Timm as Two-Face, a member of Batman's rogues gallery imprisoned at Arkham Asylum. In a twist, he serves as a guide and mentor to Thomas when he's in Arkham.

Critical reception

Reviews to the film were generally favorable. /Film praised the film's handling of characters with mental health challenges. On MovieWeb, a review lauds the return of the classic DCAU animation, but criticizes the film's "mediocre story".

External links

• Justice League vs. the Fatal Five at IMDb