Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
Death is coming. Worse than death: oblivion. Not just for our Earth, but for everyone, everywhere, in every universe! Against this ultimate destruction, the mysterious Monitor has gathered the greatest team of Super Heroes ever assembled. But what can the combined might of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern and hundreds of Super Heroes from multiple Earths even do to save all of reality from an unstoppable antimatter armageddon?!
The first part of DC's animated adaptation of the landmark 1985 crossover event delivers a reasonably faithful retelling of the source material's cosmic scope, with the anti-monitor threat and multiverse-ending stakes landing with appropriate weight. However, being Part One of a multi-part adaptation means the narrative feels incomplete and deliberately unresolved, holding back the Ending score. The animation quality is competent but not exceptional for a DC animated feature — workmanlike rather than visually striking. Voice acting across the large ensemble is serviceable but uneven, with some performances feeling rushed given the sheer number of characters to service. Novelty gets a modest bump for adapting one of comics' most celebrated events for the Tomorrowverse, though anyone familiar with the source material will find little surprise here, and the Tomorrowverse itself has been a mixed-quality initiative.