This review was written on Jan. 12, 2019. *****

"The Death of Superman" that aired several months ago was a masterpiece to its genre.The threat of Doomsday in that storyline and his destructive character and actions made the movie a truly realistic way of ending the Man of steel. The chemistry between Clark and Lois in that film along with the dilemmas and pain depicted were truly well felt by any spectator which rendered the entire script a perfection. With its after-credits hinting to the reign of the supermen, no doubt anyone was to be excited as the "Death of Superman" set the bar high up for a sequel.

After watching "Reign of the Supermen" minutes ago, I am disappointed. I really wanted to like this movie, but the feelings of having the story run too quickly and too suddenly with minimal character development make the movie not as grandiose as its prequel.

The DCAU is a beautiful universe that hitherto has been well depicted and maintained. My issues with this movie is that it annuls the tragedy of the previous movie in too much of a fast pace that it becomes unrealistic and too unsatisfying.

***spoilers ahead***

To make my concerns more concrete, I will list them here:

The way the movie started was nicely done. The tragedy that had befallen Lois and the Kent family was there and you experience it with them. Nonetheless, less than two minutes later, all of this is gone and you're left to feel that the tragedy is long forgotten - though the story revolves around it.

The Justice League were easily taken out of the picture in a completely simple way. Too simple in fact. Such a move made their entire "power" simply ridiculous. Darkseid can simply do this move again and again, next time Superman included.

The new empowered humans were also ridiculous, very generic and unappealing. Mind control as such must be a piece of cake to any person in the future and a quick endgame. An alternative could have probably been thought of.

Lois was very empowered. In fact, more than she could be as a human. Her wits were satisfying, but it felt like the limitations of her humanity were ignored for the sake of generating action sequences, especially in the end scenes.

Finally, Lex's intentions remain unknown. This is not necessary a bad move as Lex is one of the most fascinating persons. The sequel might reveal some insights into his plans.

Now the way I picture this universe as I have imagined it after the "Death of Superman", is that it should follow the Injustice storyline. If they play it right and slow and evolve Clark's relationship with Lois, that storyline is inevitable and something that no doubt will be worth the watch. They have to work on the Batman/Superman bromance first though.

*****end of spoilers*****

In summary, although I did not hate this movie, I was actually hoping for a more rigid storyline. It seemed rushed with significantly less boldness and feelings than its prequel, "the Death of Superman". In short, superman's death seemed more grandiose than his resurrection.

Not the best DC animated movie but it's entertaining that's for sure. Great action and good enough story line. However the use of the justice League was woeful and there wasn't much character depth. But at least for once Lois Lane is actually interesting!

I saw "Reign of the Supermen", starring the voices of Jerry O'Connell-Scary Movie 5, Piranha 3D; Rebecca Romijn-The Librarians_tv, The Punisher_2004; Cress Williams-Black Lightning_tv, Code Black_tv and Rainn Wilson-The Meg, My Super Ex_Girlfriend. This is an animated sequel to 'The Death of Superman' from 2018 and Reign will be released in stores on January 29th 2019. There was a double feature in theaters-Reign & Death-promoting the video launch, so I saw both of them together. Just to refresh your memory, Jerry/Clark Kent/Superman was killed fighting Doomsday in the previous movie-Doomsday died too-and then Superman's body went missing. About 6 months later, Rebecca/Lois Lane is still grieving when 4 individuals show up claiming to be Superman. Cress/John Henry Irons/Steel is one of the 4. Rainn/Lex Luthor is still running his schemes in the background, trying to convince people that he is a hero, instead of that alien from Krypton that everyone worships. Which one of the 4-if any of them-is the real Man of Steel? What is their connections and secrets? If you have read the original comics, then you know. There are some pretty good fight scenes-as there were in the previous Death-and a few surprises, too. It's a perfect companion piece to the 'Death of Superman' so if you enjoyed Death, then you should like Reign as well. It's rated "PG-13" for action violence and bloody images and has a running time of 1 hour & 27 minutes. I enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.