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love the movie l just wish they stuck to the story line thats in the comic
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Luthor is president, and he has something up his sleeve. That's the plot. The rest of the movie is Superman and Batman fighting an endless string of DC villians. No seriously, it's like 40 straight minutes of nothing but punch punch punch and then the next wave of bad guys shows up and punch punch punch. The end. That's literally it. Yawn.
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is a disappointment, nowhere as good as some of the other DC Comics animated films like Superman/Doomsday or the Green Lantern or Wonder Woman films. The confused plot has Lex Luthor elected President in a time of economic unease. It is apparent quickly that Lex is unqualifed for his new job (sort of like our current President.) Add to the fact that an enormous kryptonite asteroid is heading for earth (ala "Armageddon.") and you've got problems. First Lex sets up Superman in a confrontation with his number one secret service man (Metallo) and then deputizes several other super heroes like Captain Atom and Power Girl to arrest Supes. This fails and we then get a surprisingly nasty Hawkman and Captain Marvel to go after Superman. Finally there is a small subplot about Gorilla Grodd using mental telepathy to get some other fairly second-rate villains to do his bidding. However by this time I really didn't care and began dozing off during parts of this surprisingly short (67 minute) film. This film is basically about Superman and Batman gets the lesser role. The ending is sort of a confused mess with President Luthor going nuts and donning his green and pink super-villain suit. (There isn't much "hope" that Luthor will be a good President although he does "change" into his good old super-villain flying suit.)
I did not like the way Superman was drawn in this film, he had sort of a thuggish look to him. Lois Lane appears fleetingly in the last minute of the film, she does not utter one word. There is no Jimmy Olson or Perry White.
At least the voices are from the great Batman and Superman cartoons: Tim Daly as Supes, Kevin Conroy as Batman and Clancy Brown as Luthor. (I understand on the latest DC Comics animated release, they replaced Kevin Conroy as Batman with Billy Baldwin. Give me a break.)
The special features include a psychologist discussing the psychology of Superman and Batman. There is also a rather strange luncheon discussion between Andrea Romano, the preson in charge of voices on these animated films, Bruce Timm, the producer of these films, someone else from DC Comics (whose name escapes me, sorry) and the voice of Batman himself, Kevin Conroy. The most interesting thing about this is watching what they order for dessert. (Miss Romano has a nice cappucino, the guy from DC Comics drinks tea.I'm not sure what Kevin and Bruce drink. They all have very delicious looking cakes and pastries. They look quite good and made me hungry.) Two very good "Adventures of Superman" cartoons are also included.
As stated, I've enjoyed many of the DC Comics animated films. I think "Batman-The Animated Series" is the greatest series of cartoons ever done. However this film was basically silly, it did have a lot of action but it was basically a mediocre mess.
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This was a real disappointment. The quality of the animation is frequently jerky, artistically lower than Saturday morning fare and miles behind last year's Gotham Knight. There's no reason to spend the money on a Blu-Ray for something with so little detail. Bodies are blocky and distorted, faces are expressionless.
The voice acting isn't much better, with the exception of the always excellent Clancy Brown. Batman and Superman deliver their lines in virtual monotones that are barely distinguishable from each other. Dialogue is laughable, and the story isn't much better. The action sequences, while serviceable, don't rise to the level that they can redeem the movie's other flaws. If you're a fan of Superman or Batman, avoid this.
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Based on the DC Comics graphic novel of the same name, the animated direct-to-DVD adventure "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" posits a world where Lex Luthor takes advantage of this and that national crisis to get elected president, and then at the first opportunity (of course) manipulates events to make Superman Public Enemy Number One. Being Superman's pal, Batman is soon in the crosshairs, as well.
This is an intense, entertaining hour-plus story with lots of cameos by DC's heroes and rogues gallery, all trying to capture Superman either because of misguided loyalty to President Luthor or because they want to collect Luthor's billion dollar bounty on Superman's head. A sequence with longtime Superman foe Metallo trying to take down the Man of Steel is very effective and obviously owes a lot to "The Terminator".
I bought the two-disc edition of this animated film, because I generally enjoy the extra features put together for the deluxe editions of these films. This particular two-disc set was no exception, as it included a decent twenty-something minute history of the various Superman/Batman team-ups in the comics (complete with psychological profiles of both heroes); and a fun conversation over dinner between Producer Bruce Timm, voice actor Kevin Conroy (who voices Batman in this film and countless other animated productions) and casting director Andrea Romano.
Though "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" is a tad heavy on fights and action for my taste, I realize that this fact will actually be a plus for many viewers. But whether you have quibbles or not, I think most viewers will consider such things exactly that: quibbles. Because, in the end, this package delivers a more-than-decent story and more-than-decent craftsmanship, along with many engaging extra features. I continue to be an enthusiastic fan of these periodic "DC Universe" animated films.
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