Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

This DC Universe animated original movie is an alternate reality horror story adapted from the graphic novel Flashpoint by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert, in which The Flash (voiced by Justin Chambers) changes the past and transforms the present into a world at war. It's all part of the scheme masterminded by arch-nemesis Professor Zoom, who sends Flash into an alternate timeline in which he has no powers, Bruce Wayne is dead (and Wayne's father is a brutal masked vigilante), and superheroes Wonder Woman and Aquaman are vicious warlords ready to destroy the Earth in their blood feud. It's the butterfly effect played out as comic book apocalypse in this darkest and most brutal animated original to date from this fine franchise of direct-to-video productions. Warped-mirror versions of beloved DC heroes are turned into bloodthirsty warriors here who murder one another (and even slaughter children, albeit offscreen) until the frame is littered with corpses—and The Flash needs to recover his speed to set things right. The fine voice cast includes Michael B. Jordan as Cyborg, Cary Elwes as Aquaman, Nathan Fillion as the Green Lantern, and Vanessa Marshall as Wonder Woman. Aimed at a more mature graphic novel audience, this is recommended. (S. Axmaker)