2011 · animation · sci-fi · action
All Star Superman
Directed by Sam Liu1h 16m2011
Lex Luthor enacts his plan to rid the world of Superman, once and for all. Succeeding with solar radiation poisoning, the Man of Steel is slowly dying. With what little times remains, the Last Son of Krypton must confront the revealing of his secret identity to Lois Lane and face Luthor in a final battle.
Our read: All Star Superman (2011) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive animation · sci-fi · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured animation / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- redemptive
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