Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
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Plot synopsis:
Lex Luthor has been elected President of United States during a severe nationwide economic depression. Under his leadership, the economy begins to thrive, and he assembles a force of government-employed superheroes consisting of Captain Atom, Katana, Black Lightning, Power Girl, Starfire, and Major Force. Superman and Batman maintain their distrust toward Luthor.
The United States government discovers that a massive Kryptonite meteor is hurtling toward Earth. Instead of asking superheroes for aid, Luthor decides to destroy it with nuclear missiles. Luthor arranges a meeting with Superman in Gotham City under the pretense of forming a pact. This results in a battle with the hired Metallo against Superman and Batman, in which Metallo manages to injure them both. After, an unknown assailant kills Metallo. On national television, Luthor pins Metallo's murder on Superman, using footage of their battle to implicate him. Luthor claims that the meteor's radiation can affect Superman's judgment, and he places a one-billion-dollar bounty on Superman.
Batman and Superman break into S.T.A.R. Labs seeking information on the meteor and find Metallo's remains; they realize radioactive energy is what killed him, and it was made to look like Superman's heat vision. An army of villains looking to collect on the bounty attacks them. Most of the villains are defeated and Captain Atom defeats the rest with a giant energy blast. All of Luthor's superhero team but Power Girl, whose loyalties are divided, attempt to capture the heroic duo. Superman creates a twister using his superspeed, and the two heroes escape with Power Girl.
In Metropolis, Power Girl admits that she does not believe Superman killed Metallo. Luthor's superheroes catch up and the fight begins anew, Power Girl aiding Batman and Superman. Batman realizes that Major Force killed Metallo under Luthor's orders and goads him into admitting it in front of everyone. When Major Force begins angrily attacking him, Power Girl punches him in the stomach hard enough to rupture his containment suit, releasing his radiation. Captain Atom absorbs the energy, disintegrating Major Force and injuring himself in the process.
Meanwhile, the missiles fail due to the sheer amount of radiation detonating them before impact. Amanda Waller discovers that Luthor has secretly been taking a serum composed of liquid kryptonite, making him lose whatever rationality he had left. Feeling disillusioned by his failure, Luthor decides to let the meteor hit the Earth so that he may rule over what remains of society. Batman and Superman battle Captain Marvel and Hawkman before breaking into Luthor's base of operations to retrieve data on the meteor's radiation. Luthor refuses to relinquish the data, going so far as to erase it from the lab computers, but Waller gives them a copy. Batman and Superman fly off to Tokyo to deliver the data on the meteor to the Japanese Toyman, who has already built a giant rocket-propelled spacecraft, intending to use it as a large missile to stop the meteor. Waller and the military then attempt to arrest Luthor, but he injects himself with more kryptonite steroid and dons a power suit. After escaping Waller and the military, Luthor follows Superman and Batman overseas.
After Batman and Superman arrive at Toyman's base, he shows them the spacecraft, which resembles a giant, robotic composite version of Superman and Batman. With the data, Toyman is able to calculate the necessary reinforcements needed for the rocket so it will not explode before impact. Unfortunately, Luthor neutralizes Power Girl, Superman and Batman, and then disables the rocket's remote guidance systems so that it will not take off by itself. Having no other choice, Batman decides to fly the rocket himself, despite Superman's protests. Though initially faring poorly against Luthor and his kryptonite power suit, Superman eventually gains the upper hand and after an aerial chase back to Metropolis, Luthor is defeated. Batman succeeds in destroying the meteor, and Superman finds him alive in an escape pod.
With the truth of Metallo's death now public knowledge, Superman is cleared of the murder charge and Luthor is arrested and taken away to face trial and impeachment for his crimes. Batman then returns to Gotham while the Daily Planet's star journalist, Lois Lane, arrives and happily embraces the Man of Steel.

Review: The sixth DVD project from Warner Bros's DC Animated Universe unit, "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" is a fun, socially-conscious adaptation of the six-part comic book story/graphic novel by writer Jeph Loeb and artists Ed McGuinness and Dexter Vines.
Sure, it's short (67 minutes) and not to the letter (no continuity-oriented sidebars), but it's action-packed coolness.America's plagued with crime, economic despair and war, making it easy for unethical corporate shark Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown, "The Shawshank Redemption" ) to run for and win the White House.
There, he initiates that meta-humans and costumed crime-fighters serve the U.S. government, but the Big Two, optimistic Kryptonian boy scout Superman (Tim Daly, "Private Practice") and brooding urban detective Batman (Kevin Conroy, "Dynasty") rightfully feel he's full of it (including the "sh").
It's weird hearing Allison Mack ("Smallville") as Power Girl, due to the character'swell, you know, but she's durable in the role, even with a subtle, but funny sexual gag, validating the PG-13 rating."Public Enemies" should be on every DC Comics fan's wanted DVD's list..
Mixed feelings followed after i first watched this extremely short(compared to other DC animated movies) adaptation of the Jeph Loeb Superman/batman graphic novel.
From the start, they seem like best buds already which makes the whole "unlikely team up" part(not to mention the climax where the unlikely duo come to really respect each other) a little redundant.Despite these shortcomings, what really justifies the price of this show is the action and animation.
The grand, adrenaline pumping score by Christopher Drake compliments the movie perfectly.On a certain level, i enjoyed Superman/Batman:Public enemies very much.
The character interplay by veteran voice actors Kevin Conroy and Tim Daley(reprising their respective roles of Batman and Superman from the animated series)is very well scripted with a couple of witty one liners here and there.
If you like your superhero movie big on action and don't mind one that comes up short in the story aspect, then Superman/Batman: Public enemies is for you.
Fun animated movie based on an enjoyable comic book story by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness.
Luther puts a million dollar bounty on Superman.Batman who has been observing Luthor and the meteor all the time, intervenes and helps Superman to clear his name in the eyes of the public.But with all the villains looking to collect on the bounty, will Superman live to see another day, destroy the meteor and foil Luther's plans yet again?Watch and find out.10/10 a must for any DVD/BLU-RAY collection..
This special 67 minute movie (shorter than usual) was adapted from one of his graphic novels, about how in a kind of bizarre turn of events (if not Bizarro-world) Lex Luthor is made President and declares after a faked-taped scene where Superman appears to be squashing a guy with a car, he puts a bounty on his head for a billion dollars.
Now he is on the lam, and only his best friend Batman (er, not Jimmy Olson) comes to his aid when being attacked by a huge rogues gallery of Batman/Superman/DC villains, and even some superheroes who work for Luthor now that he's president.
For direct-to-video releases, their work just keeps getting better and better (if not quite up to par with last year's near-masterpiece New JLA New Frontier) and it's hard not to want to look at how they reveal a new villain or that giant robot-rocket that the Japanese kid/man develops shaped out of Batman/Superman fandom.
It's predictable writing for much of the time, and the whole cast of villains and heroes is made for the die-hard comic book fans to be interested in - that is until they're pulled out of their one or two seconds of screen-time for someone else (and actors like John C.
It also takes too long to get to the main problem of the meteor, and instead we get some of those silly scenes where Luthor acts all big and mean and nasty but is really just an a-Hole that could be squashed in a moment.This isn't to say a great movie couldn't be made out of this premise of Superman and/or Batman on the lam.
Length, too, is also a factor; I'm ignorant on the Loeb comic, and maybe that is better (or worse), but it's hard not to want a little more story as opposed to mostly generic fighting scenes.
The original 90s Batman/Superman animated movie with the Joker and Luthor as villains is superior if you must see a match-up..
Neither Superman or Batman follow this dictate and, at a meeting to discuss a meteorite heading towards Earth, Superman is framed for murder by President Luthor, who then turns the public against the vigilante superheroes with spin and presentation.
Brown, Berkeley, Pounder, McGinley and a few others are strange finds while Conroy and Daly do solid enough work with their deep voices in the title characters.Public Enemies is a solid enough cartoon.
i gotta say,i thoroughly enjoyed this animated offering from DC/Warner Premiere.the animation was top notch.the voice acting was terrific.the fight scenes were outstanding.in fact,the movie was basically just one big long fight scene after another with a veritable rogue's gallery of DC Villains all lining up to take on Superman and Batman.of course,the story takes a huge back seat in this case,other than a brief set up at the beginning.and the movie is short,clocking in at just over an hour not including end credits.normally i prefer a little story depth to my movies,but i got caught up in the action on this one.however,if you do prefer a more fleshed out storyline,you might be disappointed in this one.for me,Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is an 8/10.
The premise isn't anything super original, but it's a Superman/Batman team up movie and that in itself makes it worth a watch.7.2/10.
After the economical disappointment of Superman Returns, DC Comics redeemed itself with the big critical and commercial success of The Dark Knight.However, I am afraid that that victory created unreal expectations which will sabotage the future films from that publishing company (which has more pressure since it became on a producing company).As examples, I can mention the numerous and frustrated adaptations of Wonder Woman, Justice League, Supermax, Aquaman (produced by Leonardo DiCaprio), Green Lantern (with Ryan Reynolds) and Plastic Man (directed by the Wachowski Bros.).Or that projects will never receive the green-light, or their progress is by turtle steps, and as the times go by, their releases seem more far away, instead of getting nearer.It is obvious the executives from the company are obviously re-planning strategies (translation: trying to cypher what made The Dark Knight so successful).Having said all that, I have to admit I am happy to see those delays; I honestly do not think Warner Bros.
(DC Comics' owner) will be able to triumph again with any of those movies.It is more probable that those adaptations will follow the same unfortunate destiny as Constantine or Catwoman.But, seeing all that from the positive side, those delays and conflicts have left the free field to the making of solid animation movies whose creators really comprehend the essence of comics, they respect the characters and they take advantage of the animation in order to tell stories which would not be able to be filmed with real actors.And the best thing of all is that they are not subject to the demands and whims from the executives, agents and lawyers from Hollywood.Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is a clear proof that "less is more", and although it does not reach the heights from the extraordinary Justice League: The New Frontier, it represents a fascinating view to the most popular characters from DC Comics.Although their methods are different on practice and ideology, Batman and Superman have worked together on many occasions.Their adventures with each other appear on comics like Justice League of America, World's Finest and Superman/Batman.On those stories, their relationship is occasionally rough, some times friendly and other ones antagonistic...but always with a lot of mutual respect.Superman/Batman: Public Enemies perfectly captures the emotional up and downs from that dynamic, with credible and intelligent dialogs which draw their personalities.The screenplay from this movie is truly brilliant, because it is hugely entertaining and deep at the same time.In summary, I have enjoyed Superman/Batman: Public Enemies much more than most of the "real" super-hero films, because it puts the emphasis on the characters and the story, and not on special effects.So, I recommend Superman/Batman: Public Enemies as a great film, which is ideal for having a very entertaining and satisfactory time..
Tim Daly's superman voice is good like super Cavill and Kevin conroy's batman voice brings back childhood memories.
Awesome decent superhero Superman/Batman DC animated movie I love it!.
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is a really decent awesome DC animated movie!
This is the real Superman/Batman movie in here our two superhero's teams up together to stop Lex Luthor and the meteor destroying our world.
long without credits.Plot: When Lex Luthor gets elected US President, he uses the threat of an oncoming kryptonite meteor striking Earth as a rationale to frame Superman.The story is about more Lex Luthor and America is going downhill people are losing jobs and the economics falls down.
So we have Tim Daly as Superman, Kevin Conroy as Batman, Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor and Lex Luthor has his own group of superheroes, who's powers will be used for America for good, it is like hey if you want to volunteer to be part of us be my guest, but no one is going to be above the law anymore.
It takes place couple of months after that, Luthor is been president, America is been turned around and been doing good, there is this meteor/kryptonite coming down to earth and Luthor is like I don't need superheroes and I got all the calculations and I am going to do this.
Even when he talks to Batman he still says "I don't trust this guy." Luthor wants Superman to meet him, he does and of course it is a trap and you have Metallo, Metallo is there and superman goes in to a big fight with Metallo and I thought it was really well done fight and the animation was good.
This film is pretty much a lot of action, Superman and batman beating other super heroes who are a treat and are working for Luthor.
than he gets mad and he punches Luthor out and that hard on the end Batman destroys the Meteor and Superman saves him.Overall: I love Superman/Batman: Public Enemies DC Animated Film it is a decent awesome super hero movie.
The rating this film get's 9/10 it deserves it.Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is a 2009 original direct-to-video animated superhero film adaptation of "Public Enemies"—the opening story arc of DC Comics' Superman/Batman—which focuses on Superman and Batman teaming up to prevent a meteorite from striking Earth and take down Lex Luthor, who has been elected President of the United States.9/10 Grade: A- Studio: Warner Bros.
DC's Civil War. In preparation for the upcoming Batman V Superman film, I've decided to revisit a few of each of the heroes' feature films, especially those where they come in direct conflict with one another.2016 is a big year for comic-book films.
The film loses its political and moral focus a bit as it slips into an action extravaganza with all these heroes and villains, but eventually it gets back on track.The best part about the film is once again the dynamic between Batman and Superman.
At the very least, the film is a smart commentary on corruption and misrepresentation in the media, which is something you barely see in a superhero flick.+Voice talent, enough said+Cool appearances from heroes and villains+Christopher Drake+Commentary on our society-Fight scenes take over the fascinating elements of the story sometimes8.2/10.
I like Batman a lot but I hate Superman and I gave this movie a try...
While not the worst direct-to-video, superhero cartoon I've seen, 'Superman/Batman: Public Enemies' was entertaining and fun to watch.
The action was good, the bond/banter between Supe and the Bat was nice to watch, as I always seem to see them fight like children and the animation was decent – finally Superman with muscles.
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is still a good movie, but at the same time was left wanting.
The voice work of Clancy Brown, Tim Daly and Kevin Conroy I can't fault, the rest are great as well, but these three are unbeatable in these roles and they voice the three most interesting characters of the film.
Determined not to give up, Superman joins forces with Batman to thwart Luthor and save the Earth, a task made all the more difficult thanks to the heroes Luthor has dispatched to get in the way of the two men long hailed as The World's Finest.The biggest criticism one can attribute to this animated feature, which is based on the Loeb/McGuinesss miniseries of the same name (the first in a stretch of stories they collaborated on) is that it removes what actually made their original graphic novel so special: the internal monologues in which Superman and Batman compare, contrast, and critique one another.
With animation that looks like it was ripped straight from the book, Superman and Batman go on their adventure, they kick ass, they take names, and exchange witty banter with one another in between action scenes.
"Public Enemies" also features some of the best animated fight scenes for Superman ever drawn, from battling Metallo, to fighting off an army of bad guys, to dealing blows with fellow heroes such as Captains Atom and Marvel, to the final clash with the Kryptonite suit powered Lex Luthor.
Kevin Conroy as Batman, Tim Daly as Superman, in an animated film based on one of my favorite graphic novels.
Pity the execution falls so short it doesn't even look like it tried to jump.This is the story of Lex Luthor as president of the United States, most of America presumably having suffered amnesia, who frames Superman for murder in order to turn the public and his friends against him while a giant Kryptonite meteor plummets towards Earth.
The story is rushed, compressed, and partially re-written to cut out a lot of the deeper ideas, like Metallo possibly being the killer of Batman's parents, or Lex Luthor's struggle to remain credible despite the outrageous nature of his claims, and of course Superman dealing with the people he's sworn to protect turning against him.
The sixth movie in DC's straight to DVD animated movies is possibly the most endearing...and the most frustrating.Based on a six issue comic story of the same name, it finds the world's two greatest heroes are turned into fugitives by Lex Luthor, now President of the United States,when Superman is framed for murder as a giant Kryptonite meteor plummets toward Earth.
It may be short but it doesn't waste a second of its run time, giving us one awesome, kick ass action scene after another as our title heroes take on all comers (watching Superman and the power armor wearing Luthor go at it is quite a show), as well as how they deal with the meteor.
The dialog is lively and smart and the voice acting is top notch, with Superman, Batman and Luthor being voiced by the actors who played them wonderfully in several cartoon series (Tim Daily, Kevin Conroy and Clancy Brown, respectively).
It was so great to hear Tim Daly and Kevin Conroy back in the roles of Superman and Batman.
The movie stems out of the 1st story arc of the Superman/Batman comic, formerly World's Finest.The main premise of the story is that America is in shambles and Lex Luthor is elected president.
I've thought that the animation team has always had a better grasp on the DC Characters and backgrounds than the live-action movies ever do.
A kryptonite meteor is approaching Earth, and Luthor uses the crisis as an excuse to kill Superman.What follows is a mishmash of Batman and Superman fighting a variety of DC villains and some second string heroes.
Lex Luthor becomes President and outlaws Superheroes...Superman decides he is not going to work for the bald president and becomes an outlaw with his buddy Batman....And there is a Kryptonite meteor heading towards Earth, while all this is going on.I've read the comic book named 'Superman/Batman:Public Enemies'...and found it weird watching those frames come to life...Yes, the plot's been done, superheroes go rogue and other heroes chase after them...The graphics were a little rubbish...the 3-D cars and the boring animations...But I loved the action scenes in this animated movie, you felt each punch, kick and explosion while the occasional banter of the two leading superheroes of DC is quite hilarious.For example when Batman swings down from the rafters with a wire, Superman tells him that he could have easily carried Batman down, to which the Knight replies."Between you and me...I don't like that" And, the whole 'Good Villains' conversation.All in all, a nice animated action movie..
When they started creating these direct-to-DVD movies, the people at DC were having trouble balancing character, story, and action.
A major factor behind this is getting the original voice actors who played Batman, Superman, and Lex Luthor.
Superman / Batman: Public Enemies is a fan boys dream come true.
Superman is again voiced by Tim Daly, who has done the job since 1996 in the original animated series, the movies, and video games.
Clancy Brown also returns to the role of Lex Luthor, who he has voiced the arch nemesis since the animated series in 1996.
Maybe a bit stronger story and a little longer run time, but I kind of like the short get-to-the point animated features the best.
Let me tell you the voice work from Superman and Batman is great, as well as the animation.
There are some funny moments in this film, also the final scene is very sweet.My only complaint about this movie is that it wasn't very emotionally weighty, you'd think a Kryptonite meteor bound for Earth that could kill billions would make us feel like there's more on the line.All in all, this is a good direct to disk feature.
Those who are fans of batman or superman, would probably like it.