Justice League of America (1997) (TV)

Director:

Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writers:

Lorne Cameron (writer) &
David Hoselton (written by) ...

Release Date:

13 January 2001 (Israel)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

And what is this? An evil Weather Man intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps...

Plot Keywords:

Justice League | Based On Comic | Miniaturization | TV Series Pilot | DC Comics

Cast

Matthew Settle	...	Guy Gardner / Green Lantern
Kimberly Oja	...	Tori Olafsdotter / Ice (as Kim Oja)
John Kassir	...	Ray Palmer / The Atom
Michelle Hurd	...	B.B. DaCosta / Fire
Kenny Johnston	...	Barry Allen / The Flash
David Krumholtz	...	Martin
Elisa Donovan	...	Cheryl
Ron Pearson	...	Dr. Arliss Hopke
David Ogden Stiers	...	J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
Miguel Ferrer	...	The Weather Man (Dr. Eno)
Robert Gallo	...	Landlord
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick DeMauro	...	TV Repairman
Jason Weissbrod	...	Drazen

Runtime:

USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG

Trivia:

While in the comic it is well known that J'onn J'onzz is from Mars, it is never stated in the film. Thus his "300 degree, beach day" line may be accurate.

Quotes:

Guy Gardner: [On relationships and super-heroics] Every time I get to the point where I might be able to commit to a woman, somthing happens and takes that opportunity away. And they don't understand. It's very hard for me to get through to them that I have obligations, ya know, I have to save people. But, how do you tell them that?

Movie Connections:

References "Touched by an Angel" (1994)

This is not as bad as you would think...

...because it's got irony an lots of it.

A woman discovers she can do things out of this world. At first she's bit confused and chooses to live in denial of her powers. After a series of incidents she gets emotionally out of of balance and starts having suicidal tendencies. And how it goes from there I'm not telling. See for yourself.

One stroke of genius this film has is it's use of irony. Often the actors are pulled a side and "interviewed" like we see on behind-the-camera documentaries - only here the actors stay in character. This nifty idea lifts the movie above the run-of-the-mill super hero stories and gives it a unique touch which I liked.

See it and be surprised. I give it 7 out of 10.