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So, I watched Gods and Monster and I was pleasantly surprised, the initial webisode and title made it sound like another Justice Lords/Crime Syndicate kind of deal, but it's not, it's a story about flawed people who are still trying to do their best to be heroes, or at least what they think heroes should be.

The movie focuses on an AU Justice League composed only of Superman (Zod's son) Batman (Kirk Langstrom) and Wonder Woman (Bekka) and their efforts to clean their name when key scientists start getting killed, the mystery is easy to get into, though the resolution isn't that strong, the characters however are pretty great, Superman sums up the ideology of the movie the best, he's rough, he kills, he's had a harsher life than Clark Kent, but he is still doing what he thinks is best, and is still a compassionate human, Batman is kind of amazing, he has a simple but compelling backstory, I'm fond of Man-Bat and it's hard not to like him here, Bekka's story has the least overall impact on the plot, but she has more than enough charisma to make up for that.

Gods and Monsters is a really entertaining film done in that DCAU style we all know and love, is it perfect? Of course not. But it's not the dark and edgy mess many of us expected at first, and it's definitely worth the time.