- Superman/Batman Public Enemies, the latest offering from the Warner Brothers/Bruce Timm animation machine, may have seemed doomed from the start. By having Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, and Clancy Brown reprise their respective roles as Batman, Superman, and Lex Luthor, the film was inviting comparisons with two of the greatest superhero cartoons ever made (Batman: The Animated Series of course representing the pinnacle of American animated drama). Then again, with the recent successes of the direct-to-video Justice League: The New Frontier and Batman: Gotham Knight, perhaps the DC Animated Team would rise to the challenge? Ehhh...not really.
- The main problem with this film is predictably its focus on action. Public Enemies is basically a series of battles held together by the thinnest veneer of a plot involving President Lex Luthor and a kryptonite asteroid headed toward Earth. Some of the fights, notably the melee involving Gorilla Grodd, are impressive. After all, there is a certain appeal to seeing our two favorite heroes square off against basically every DC villain the producers could get the rights to (including that guy with the shark head!). Most of the other battles, particularly the second or third fight against Captain Atom's team, are somewhat stale and unmotivated. Throw in some truly bizarre plot points having to do with kryptonite steroids and a giant superhero rocket and you get a film that falls precipitously short of being the World's Finest.
- Wikipedia knows his name is King Shark.
- Allison Mack was the voice of the absurdly pneumatic Power Girl, John C. McGinley was the voice of Metallo (huge disappointment), and Xander Berkeley was the voice of Captain Atom. And let's just ignore teenage, Japanese, metrosexual Toyman.
