Films like Justice League: The New Frontier.

Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006) poster
1. Ultimate Avengers 22006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006) poster
2. Ultimate Avengers: The Movie2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Superman vs. The Elite (2012) poster
3. Superman vs. The Elite2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wonder Woman (2009) poster
4. Wonder Woman2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Krrish 3 (2013) poster
5. Krrish 32013

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Superman: Doomsday (2007) poster
6. Superman: Doomsday2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Invincible Iron Man (2007) poster
7. The Invincible Iron Man2007

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) poster
8. Atlantis: The Lost Empire2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn (2014) poster
9. Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn2014

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Star Trek (2009) poster
10. Star Trek2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) poster
11. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut2006

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) poster
12. Justice League vs. the Fatal Five2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Justice League: The New Frontier’s neighbours — where are yours?

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