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Justice League: War is an direct-to-video animated superhero film; an adpatation of Geoff John's and Jim Lee's 2011 Justice League: Origin storyline. Justice League: War is the 18th film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series. It is directed by Jay Oliva, and scripted by Heath Corson. It was officially released on February 4, 2014 on Blu-ray and DVD. Also, it was digitally released on January 21 and made it's world premiere at the Paley Center for Media on the same day. The film is the first in a new series of shared DC Animated Universe Movies.

Plot
A series of strange abductions have occurred in Gotham City with video footage suggesting that the Batman, a wanted costumed vigilante, is behind these incidents. When a mysterious cloaked kidnapper abducts a woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) arrives to confrom the kidnapper and saves the woman as she is dropped from above. The Green Lantern then attack the kidnapper and reveals its identity as the monstrous Parademon. As the Green Lantern is about to be killed, the Batman appears and saves him while the Parademon continues its attack, now on both heroes. The heroes escape from the city's police and chase the monster into the sewers where it charges a Mother Box, which then explodes. After deducing that the box is of extraterrestrial origin, Batman and Green Lantern decide to seek Superman for answers. At the same time, another Mother Box is being studied at S.T.A.R. Labs which was supplied by The Flash (Barry Allen). Arriving in Metropolis, Batman and Green Lantern end up fighting Superman who confuses the heroes to be working with it because he too had fought a Parademon previously. The battle spreads over a portion of the city but is eventually stopped when Batman refers to Superman as "Clark". Superman, in return, uses his x-ray vision to recognize the Batman to be Bruce Wayne. On a differnt planet called Apokolips, Darkseid orders Desaad to behing the invasion of Earth immediately in response to the superheroes being able to discover his plans.

Vic Stone, son of Doctor Silas Stone, arrives at S.T.A.R. Labs to visit his father and ends up having an argument. His father strongly believes that sports such as football have no importance in a world that is changing with the appearance of Metahumans. Meanwhile at the Daily Planet, Superman, Batman, and Green Lantern realize that there is going to be an invasion just as the Box activates, and several Boom Tubes appear throughout the world and even at S.T.A.R. Labs. An explosion fatally wounds, and embeddes the Box's technology into Vic forcing him to be taken to an emergency room in order to be saved. Silas loads Vic into a hi-tech medical bed and conncets his son with various technologies. At the same time, countless numbers so Parademons start to appear around the world and begin attacking everyone on sight. Back at the lab, the Box's technology ends up becoming a part of Vic and becomes connected to the equipment in the lab, hence transforming Vic into a cyborg. Just as Flash arrives to save the scientists, Cyborg's systems reveal details of Apokolips, Darkseid and the invasion plan. At a foster home, teenager Billy Batson spots a Parademon and mystically turns into the superhero known as Shazam. The Air Force One is attacked in air and it is saved by the Amazon Princess, Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) and Superman. Soon after, the heroes gather, and just as Cyborg reveals that the invasion is a set up to terraforming the Earth, Darkseid appears and proves to be a powerfull opponet and defeats each hero effortlessly.

As Superman is captured, Batman convinces Green Lantern into working together with the help of the other heroes, after he reveals his identity. The Batman then deliberately gets himself captured so he can save Superman. Acting as the leader, Green Lantern gathers everyone together and realizes that in order to defeat Darkseid, they must disable his eyes so he cannot use his Omega Beams. Batman arrives in Apokolips and prevents Desadd from turning Superman into a Parademon, but due to the Superman being brainwashed, he goes on a rampage. The Batman is eventually able to reason with Superman, which allows Superman to regain control of himself. Back on Earth, the heroes successfully disable Darkseid. At which time, Cyborg connects with the Mother Box to reopen the Boom Tubes in order to send the tyrant and his army back to their home world. Althought the Parademons are gone, Darkseid remains. With the combined effort from Superman and Batman, they are able to force the tyrant into the portal. With the world saved, the once-discriminated superheroes gain the public's trust and are therefore honoured at the White House. Grateful to have met others like themselves but debating if they should be a team if a similar threat happens again, the President asks if they have a name, to which the new formed lineup are annoyed when Shazam abruptly announces the “Super Seven” without the others' consent.

During the post-credits scene, an Atlantean ship emerges from the ocean with Ocean Master carry a dead body that is said to be his king. Seeing the corpses of various sea life affected from Darkseid's attacks, the Atlantean views it as an act of war from the surface and swears vengeance.

Cast

 * Sean Astin as Shazam
 * Zach Callison as Billy Batson
 * Christopher Gorham as Flash / Barry Allen
 * Justin Kirk as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan
 * Andrea Romano as Green Lantern's ring
 * Michelle Monaghan as Wonder Woman / Diana Prince
 * Shemar Moore as Cyborg / Victor Stone
 * Jason O'Mara as Batman / Bruce Wayne
 * Alan Tudyk as Superman / Kal-El / Clark Kent
 * Steven Blum as Darkseid, Cyborg's Armor (uncredited), Ocean Master (uncredited)
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Parademons, Secret Service Guard (uncredited)
 * Melique Berger as Sarah Charles
 * Kimberly Brooks as Darla
 * Rocky Carroll as Silas Stone
 * Ioan Gruffudd as Thomas Morrow
 * Georgie Kidder as Freddy Freeman
 * John Mariano as Ice Cream Vendor
 * Richard McGonagle as President of the United States
 * Matthew Mercer as Guard
 * George Newbern as Steve Trevor
 * Roger Rose as Pinstriped Loudmouth
 * Gary Sturgis as Teammate #2
 * Bruce Thomas as Desaad
 * Hynden Walch as Hannah Grace

Crew

 * Andrea Romano - Voice Director

Differences between the comics and film
There are some differences seen in this film that are different from the comics:


 * Shazam/Captain Marvel appears in the place of Aquaman.
 * In the comics after Victor Stone won the football game, they were going to State Finals. In the film, they were going to nationals.
 * Scientists found the Parademon in Metropolis after it fought Superman in the comics. In the film, Flash brought it to them.
 * In the original novel, it was Aquaman who blinded Darkseid's second eye after Wonder Woman took out the first. In the movie, Flash takes out the second eye with a crowbar.
 * In the movie, Superman breaks Desaad's neck(While under control).
 * Ocean Master does not make an appearance in the comic, but he does in the film.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack to Justice League: War was released on February 4, 2014. The music was composed by Kevin Kliesch. The soundtrack listing:

Reception
The film received an overall mixed to positive response. IGN gave a total score of 8.8/10, calling it a "great modern origin story that will win you over with its action and humour". CraveOnline gave a rating of 9/10, whilst on IMDb it currently holds a 7.2 out of 10 rating. Brian Lowry of Variety believes it didn't reach the high standards of other DC Animated Movies, claiming "the interplay yields its share of moments but ultimately proves too frenzied and chaotic to deliver more than a few revisionist thrills". Eric Diaz of nerdist.com gave the film a C-, concluding that "If these are the only versions of the DC heroes we are going to see in animation for the foreseeable future, then they are going to have to improve from what we’ve seen in Justice League: War".