JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time is a direct-to-video animated film featuring the Justice League of America. The Dark Knight is back doing what he does best - protecting the citizens of Gotham City - in the third installment of the Batman Unlimited series, Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants. The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg travel into the past to prevent Bizarro, Toyman, Cheetah and Solomon Grundy from sending the baby Kal-El back into space, while Superman and the rest of the League attempt to stall Luthor's Legion in the present. Can't wait to pawn this off to someone with a little kid... it has no place in an otherwise stellar collection. [1] The DVD, and digital download, was later available generally on May 20 the same year. As IMDb celebrates its 30th birthday, we have six shows to get you ready for those pivotal years of your life ... your 30s. I suppose it would be good for kids, but there was a definite lack of maturity with respect to the writing and the animation style. Future teen heroes Karate Kid and Dawnstar must stop him. The Legion of Doom are attempting to use space satellites to freeze the Earth's oceans, creating more land mass at the coastal regions for which they own. This is an okay Justice League film. This FAQ is empty. With the help of teen superheroes Karate Kid and Dawnstar, the Justice League must face its biggest challenge ever… the threat of having never existed! The Justice League must stop Lex Luthor from going back in time to eliminate Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman by changing their origin stories. and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon, Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis, Scooby-Doo! Luthor returns to the 21st century, but ... 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Batman faces off against the original creature of the night, Count Dracula, who has been unintentionally resurrected by the Penguin. Superman recovers Luthor and sends him to Blackgate Prison. They find that Luthor has been in suspended animation for nearly a millennium after being discovered and excavated in the 29th century and placed on display. When... See full summary ». Without Superman, there is nobody left in the past to inspire individuals with extraordinary abilities to become superheroes. After the last couple of DC universe releases being more violent and for a more mature audience, this feels like a step back. JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time is a direct-to-video animated film featuring the Justice League of America. The story has rookie Legionnaires Dawnstar and Karate Kid meet the Justice League and prevent the evil Legion of Doom from altering time to prevent the JLA from ever existing. This Justice League seem to say take out Superman and they are finished. But Batman, as most of the others, is a 2D cipher. He thaws out in the 31st century, discovers Time Trapper and prevents Superman's arrival to Earth as a baby. In the utopian future of the 31st century, teenage superheroes-in-training Dawnstar and Karate Kid are visiting a museum dedicated to the exploits of the Justice League. He's never shown as being the creator of the JLA, so his eradication from the timeline might provide a different JLA but not the end of it. Really the Flash walking into clothesline it is the equivalent of someone sticking their foot out as he runs past them. Its kind of a nostalgic remake of the old "Challenge of the Superfriends". (voice), Superman / and the Legend of the Vampire, Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League. In the ensuing space battle, Robin purposely crashes Batman's Batwing jet into the satellite array. Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017. The best way I can describe this movie is that it is like an episode of the Super friends with modern animation. Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2014. Was this review helpful to you? Taking Captain Cold's weapon, he freezes Dawnstar and Karate Kid. Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor specifically redesigns Brainiac to defeat the Man of Steel. The days of JL Unlimited storytelling seem to be over. The young heroes from the future in this fillm are not to great. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2014. Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds.". Superbaby 9:12. Dawnstar and Karate Kid are frankly irritating 'Super-Friends' allies knock-offs. Use the HTML below. Bad beyond belief. No-one has decent character development, Robin is a twisted, impetuous, tantrum throwing child and Batman would never have this boy as an accomplice. The result is... mediocre at best. Multiple Formats, Animated, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen, Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2019. Narrator However, the Time Trapper is immune to the paradox because he exists outside the timeline, and with Luthor's counterpart freed, Time Trapper is at liberty to do as he pleases because Luthor is no longer his master. The young heroes discover Luthor's confinement with Dawnstar's tracking ability, where Karate Kid breaks the ice and frees Luthor's earlier self. 1 The Flash; 2 Cyborg; 3 Dawnstar; 4 Other; 5 Dialogue; 6 Cast; 7 External links; The Flash . This DVD was well packaged and came on time but the story itself was lacking that special something that makes a Justice League gathering interesting. While some familiar voices are on board and some of the animation is good. I'll keep it simple. I love comic books - I am familiar with nearly every DC and Marvel origin stories and characters. Don't get me wrong, this isn't bad, its just not to the quality of most of your Justice League series or films. Future teen heroes Karate Kid and Dawnstar must stop him. Superman and the Justice League, who exist again because of the latter's absence, confront the villain. Directed by Giancarlo Volpe. Written by Nolan Hubbard. The heroes are no better. Unwilling to risk being erased from existence, Dawnstar and Karate Kid retreat. (voice) (as Grey DeLisle Griffin), Toyman / We work hard to protect your security and privacy. While some familiar voices are on board and some of the animation is good. Luthor following the voices of Dawnstar and Karate Kid takes possession of an hourglass which holds the Time Trapper within. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, DC Supervillains Justice League: Masterminds of Crime (DVD), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. In the 1950s, a new generation of superheroes must join forces with the community's active veterans and a hostile US government to fight a menace to Earth. Written by Karate Kid Inadvertently frees Luthor who secretly explores the museum himself, and soon uncovers the shrine to his greatest nemesis Superman. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The Man of Steel finds himself outshone by a new team of ruthless superheroes who hold his idealism in contempt. Whoever holds the hourglass controls this entity who is the master of time. The whole thing comes off as either a platform for toy products and/or as a failed pilot episode for a new cartoon series (given the way it ends). An example is Grundy and Cheeter, dressing up as a baby's parents rather then just killing them. This clash leads to Lex Luthor becoming trapped in a glacier of ice. If your expectation is to see a Justice League movie of the same caliber as the TV series of the last decade or the various DVD stand-alone movies, you'll probably be disappointed. God forbid, there's a lead in to a sequel. While the young children will enjoy it, older teens and adults who have been exposed to the quality of the Young Justice TV series and the Animated movies like "Justice League-Doom" will fine it very hard indeed to sit still and watch this one all the way through. Calling the show JLA Adventures when the Justice League mainstays are largely absent from the story, which, in fact, revolves around two characters that are (or were) Legion of Super Heroes characters seems disingenuous as well. Imagine the power of time travel preventing this flick from being made. The film was first released on DVD exclusively at Target stores on January 21, 2014. There he learns of the Kent's involvement in Kal-El's discovery. That may be a better story.As a side note, why are they making more and more preschool friendly animated movies? It was first released on January 21, 2014 on DVD, and features Diedrich Bader, Travis Willingham and Kevin Michael Richardson, reprising their roles as Batman, Gorilla Grodd and Black Manta respectively. In the present day, Lex Luthor and his Legion of Doom try to use cryogenic rays from orbital satellites to expand the Earth's polar ice caps in the Arctic Ocean, causing a massive drop in sea levels and creating new islands they intend to rule. After being poisoned by sun radiation, a dying Superman decides to fulfill his lifelong dreams while Lex Luthor has his own agenda. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The best scene features Bizarro and Solomon Grundy having a low IQ conversation. I'm thinking that they should come up with a rating system for these new releases now to let us know in advance when they are doing serious work or kid stuff. Meaning they are more interested captureing the good guys in their trap then actually killing the heroes. - yeah I'm not joking! Resuming control of the Legion, Luthor instructs Time Trapper to send his forces back in time to prevent the Kent family from adopting Kal-El in Smallville. Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. There's a problem loading this menu right now. There are far to many things about this animated adventure that put's it in the "B" category. This happens more than once in the movie. The time travel and then the future ramifications *no spoilers here* I just didn't dig it. Karate Kid realizes that only Dawnstar's light-based powers can defeat Time Trapper. Their tour leads them to Lex Luthor's memorial; his body still encased in a large chuck of ice discovered in the 29th century. Add the first question. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Karate Kid and Dawnstar decline, stating they must return to their time. The Time Trapper banishes the future Luthor from existence and tries to remake the current world in his image. These are all hold-the-pickle, right? JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time is a direct-to-video animated film featuring the Justice League of America.