2012 · sci-fi · animation · action
Superman vs. The Elite
Directed by Michael Chang1h 16m2012
The Man of Steel finds himself outshone by a new team of ruthless superheroes who hold his idealism in contempt.
Our read: Superman vs. The Elite (2012) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive sci-fi · animation · action entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured sci-fi / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- redemptive
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