Justice League: Throne of Atlantis | |
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Directed by | Ethan Spaulding |
Written by | Heath Corson |
Produced by | James Tucker |
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Edited by | Christoper D. Lozinski |
Music by | Frederik Wiedmann |
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Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis is a direct-to-video animated superhero film featuring the DC Comics superhero team the Justice League, which is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies and of DC Animated Movie Universe. The film is loosely based on the Throne of Atlantis story arc from The New 52 written by Geoff Johns and serves as a standalone sequel to 2014's Justice League: War. In the film, Arthur Curry, a half-Atlantean prince, discovers his heritage and aids the Justice League in preventing his half-brother Ocean Master from taking over Metropolis. The film was released for downloading on January 13, 2015 and was released on Blu-ray and DVD formats on January 27, 2015.
Jason O'Mara, Christopher Gorham, Sean Astin, Shemar Moore, Steven Blum, George Newbern and Melique Berger reprise their respective roles from Justice League: War, while Nathan Fillion reprises his role as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan from Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, Justice League: Doom and Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.
Plot[]
While on patrol in the Atlantic, the entire crew of the nuclear submarine USS California is killed by an unknown attacker. At S.T.A.R. Labs' Justice League headquarters, Cyborg is given the news by Colonel Steve Trevor. He teleports to the sub via a Boom tube, finds hand prints on the hull and discovers that nuclear missiles are missing. Cyborg, Flash, Shazam, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Batman inspect the recovered California. Diana identifies the enemy as warriors from Atlantis, beings turned into underwater creatures by their king's mystical trident. Batman and Superman decide to meet Atlantis-expert Stephen Shin.
In Atlantis, Prince Orm and Black Manta meet with Orm's mother, Queen Atlanna, where they argue over declaring war on the humans. Orm blames the Justice League for his father's death, while Atlanna blames Darkseid. Orm wishes to attack first, but Atlanna silences him and asks Mera to bring Arthur Curry (her other son) to Atlantis. Black Manta uses a craft disguised as a US Navy submarine to attack Atlantis using the stolen missiles to frame the humans. Batman and Superman locate Shin's home and his destroyed research. Superman finds a photograph of Curry and a letter revealing Arthur is half-Atlantean. Shin meets Arthur but he is killed by Atlantean soldiers sent by Black Manta. Arthur is blasted out of his collapsing house; Mera saves him and dispatches the soldiers using her hydrokinetic powers.
Citizens of Atlantis and Orm demand war following the attack on Atlantis, though Atlanna disagrees. Arthur wakes up with gills on his neck in underwater Atlantean ruins. Mera explains that Atlanna is his mother, though as a royal, Atlanna could not be with his father or Arthur. Now, Atlanna believes Arthur can help bridge the gap between the two worlds. Mera dresses him in the king's royal garb, though Arthur leaves wearing only the orange and green Atlantean bodysuit. They are attacked by the Trench at the surface. The creatures overwhelm Arthur and the League helps defeat the Trenchers. Black Manta reports to Orm that the Trench failed to kill Arthur.
When Orm and Atlanna argue over starting a war, she reveals that she knows he attacked Atlantis. Orm stabs her to death from behind, and takes over as the new king of Atlantis. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern Cyborg, and Mera learn of Atlanna's death once in Atlantis. Orm (now using the mantle "Ocean Master") uses the trident to restrain the team in pods. The group is sent to be consumed by the monstrous Dark Trench, while Ocean Master leads Atlantis' army to the surface. Arthur taps into the power of the trident to destroy his pod, and with Superman's help, they save the rest and defeat the monster. A massive tidal wave conceals the Atlantean army's arrival in Metropolis. Superman saves John Henry Irons, and Wonder Woman saves Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. Black Manta attacks Arthur and reveals that he wants to overthrow Ocean Master to take Atlantis for himself. Arthur summons a shark to attack him.
The League and Mera battle Ocean Master, with little success. Shazam is transformed back into Billy Batson; Flash, Green Lantern, and Mera, are knocked unconscious; and Cyborg is impaled, electrocuted and disabled. Wonder Woman is incapacitated by the trident's electric energy, while Superman is wounded because of its mystical properties. Batman saves Cyborg from dying by electrocuting him with a taser device. Ocean Master nearly kills Arthur as Cyborg broadcasts the video of Ocean Master confessing to his mother's murder for Atlantis' soldiers to hear. Arthur uses the distraction to defeat Ocean Master and convince the soldiers to stand down.
Arthur is crowned king of Atlantis with the Justice League in the audience. Batman suggests that they need to solidify the team, given the new threats, and Cyborg reveals plans for a watchtower. Arthur joins the League as Aquaman, despite his dislike toward the name, before leaving with Mera to confront the Trenchers. In the post-credits, Orm is incarcerated at Belle Reve where he is approached by Lex Luthor, who has a proposition for him to consider.
Voice cast[]
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- Matt Lanter as Arthur Curry / Aquaman[1]
- Sumalee Montano as Mera[1]
- Sam Witwer as Orm / Ocean Master[1]
- Sirena Irwin as Queen Atlanna
- Jason O'Mara as Bruce Wayne / Batman[1]
- Jerry O'Connell as Clark Kent / Superman[1]
- Rosario Dawson as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman[1]
- Christopher Gorham as Barry Allen / Flash
- Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern[1]
- Shemar Moore as Victor Stone / Cyborg[1]
- Juliet Landau as Lois Lane
- Sean Astin as Billy Batson / Shazam[1]
- Harry Lennix as Black Manta[2]
- George Newbern as Steve Trevor
- Melique Berger as Sarah Charles
- Steven Blum as Cyborg's Armor, Lex Luthor
- Patrick Cavanaugh as Jimmy Olsen
- Larry Cedar as Thomas Curry
- Barry Dennen as Defense Advisor
- Paul Eiding as Captain
- Jay K. Johnson as Sam Lane
- Matthew Yang King as Dr. Stephen Shin
- Khary Payton as John Henry Irons
- DJ Price as Young Arthur Curry
- Andrea Romano as Elderly Atlantean Woman
- Michael Rosenbaum as Drift Leader
- Cedric Yarbrough as Submarine Technician
Crew[]
- Andrea Romano - Voice Director
- Sam Register - Executive Producer
Reception[]
Reviews were mixed. Scott Mendelson of Forbes felt that the film retrod old ground with Aquaman's origin story and that it paled in comparison to the Justice League two-part episode titled "The Enemy Below", which featured a similar plot. However, Mendelson did praise "the choice to center on Aquaman as opposed to yet-another Batman-centric story," but overall felt "that Aquaman [was] the least interesting character in his own movie."[3] IGN gave the film a 6.5/10 rating and stated that the film "falters in its second half, delivering an only somewhat enjoyable Aquaman movie."[4]
For ToonZone.net, reviewer Ed Liu segregated his review into two sections: one for the "good news" and one for the opposite. For the positive, Liu said, "[t]he quality of the animation is a nice cut above nearly all TV animation and falls just short of feature film levels", and praised the voice cast, however, for the bad, Liu said "it’s mostly downhill from there", referring to the flimsy motivations of the villain, the inconsistencies with the characters and the plot and the unnecessary inclusion of the Justice League. Brian Lowry of Variety gave the film a relatively positive review, stating that DC Universe Animated Original Movies "remain an area where DC consistently outclasses Marvel," and that "entries like Throne of Atlantis reinforce a sense that in the game of animation, anyway, they’re leading the wave, not behind it."[5]
As of June 2018, the film has earned $4,315,933 in domestic home video sales.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "JUSTICE LEAGUE: THRONE OF ATLANTIS Full Cast Revealed - Clone Wars Alums Face Off". Newsarama.com. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
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: - ↑ Burlingame, Russ (October 2, 2014). "Man of Steel's Harry Lennix To Voice Black Manta in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis". Comicbook.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
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: - ↑ "Review: 'Justice League: Throne Of Atlantis' Offers Waterlogged Aquaman Origin". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
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: - ↑ "JUSTICE LEAGUE: THRONE OF ATLANTIS REVIEW". IGN. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
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: - ↑ Lowry, Brian (January 28, 2015). "Blu-Ray Review: 'Justice League: Throne of Atlantis'". Variety. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
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: - ↑ "Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)". The Numbers. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
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External links[]

- Justice League: Throne of Atlantis at the Internet Movie Database
- Justice League: Throne of Atlantis at Rotten Tomatoes
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