Superman Vs. The Elite - A Review

4.5 Stars - Really Good

The man with the giant chin vs. the guy with the Union Flag on his chest + friends.

Superman Vs. The Elite is an adaptation of The Action Comics story What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way? and it is really entertaining.

I don't know how it holds up as an adaptation to the comic having never read it, but the original comic author, Joe Kelly wrote the script so I imagine it is faithful.

The story regards Superman's moral battle with a group of 'heroes' called The Elite who advocate the use of lethal force to deal with their problems and view themselves as above the law, while Superman continues to fight for the belief that everyone deserves a chance and even those who are irredeemable don't deserve to die.

It is this issue that holds the film together and doesn't feel annoying as it easily could, because the thing is the Elite's ideas at times don't seem so wrong, the writing doing a very good job in making these characters more morally ambiguous than outright evil.

The Voice cast is stellar, with George Newbern reprising his role as Superman giving it the dignity it deserves. That said some of the Americans' faux British accents are a little annoying.

I was surprised by this film's language, them using terms like Wanker fairly often, not a complaint, just seemed weird in an animated film.

Badassery awaits

In short, this is one of the best animated films that DC have put out in recent years, definitely worth a watch.