Justice League: Warworld

Justice League: Warworld

Year: 2023

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Jeff Wamester

Echo Score: 38
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Once a loose coalition of super‑powered individuals, the Justice League is thrust onto Warworld, a planet where endless gladiatorial carnage rules. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and their allies must put aside their differences, forge an unstoppable resistance, and rally the oppressed inhabitants toward liberation.

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1

Standoff in Last Stand

A female gunslinger rides into Last Stand and finds a tense standoff between the town’s defenders led by Bat Lash and the bandits led by Jonah Hex. Hex explains that the town's gold miners, ranchers, and farmers are supposed to pay him for protection, but the townsfolk barricade the bank instead. She sides with the townsfolk and begins to earn their trust as she confronts the chaos.

afternoon Last Stand, Wild West town
2

Identity and Allegiance

Hex and the townsfolk struggle with the newcomer’s loyalties. The woman is called a 'Wonder' and an 'Angel' by the townsfolk, but she cannot recall her own name, leaving her identity unsettled as she stands between sides.

afternoon Last Stand
3

Saving the Young Girl and Lash

During Hex’s diversion, she rescues a little girl from his men and intervenes to save Bat Lash from a dangerous wagon loaded with dynamite. Her actions earn the crowd’s respect and deepen the contrast between her and Hex. The standoff shifts as the townspeople realize they might win with her help.

night Last Stand
4

Train of Explosives

That night, Hex’s men hijack a train carrying explosives intended to destroy the town’s fort. She distracts Hex to allow the townsfolk to retrieve essential supplies, while a plan unfolds to derail the attack. Lash tries to evacuate the townspeople as the danger escalates, and Hex kills Lash in the melee. Enraged, the woman defeats Hex before slipping away.

night Outside Last Stand
5

Mercenary Joins the Warlord's Quest

A mercenary is taken as a slave by Warlord Travis Morgan in Skartaris. The mercenary offers to guide Morgan and his army to Deimos's castle in exchange for freedom and gold. Their expedition is attacked by monsters, during which Mariah Romanova is captured and Machiste is killed.

en route to castle Skartaris
6

Treasure and Traps

Inside Deimos’s castle, a throne room scene reveals treasure and a slave woman shackled to a throne alongside Mariah and the mercenary. The group fights Deimos through a series of death traps and victory seems possible as they push back the wizard.

inside castle Deimos's castle, Skartaris
7

Escape from Deimos

After a grueling battle, the mercenary, Morgan, Mariah, and the slave woman defeat Deimos and flee the castle. They realize they must find a way home and locate a portal for their return. The castle's corridors echo with the search for a means back to their world.

after battle Skartaris
8

Grovers Mill: UFO Investigation

In Grovers Mill, federal agents Clark Kent and King Faraday investigate reports of a crashed UFO. They meet state trooper Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince, along with other witnesses, in a diner where an eerie music is heard by them but not others. The diners are revealed to be White Martians pursuing them.

early investigation Grovers Mill
9

Reality Shatters: The Martian Among Us

The group pursues the Martians to the crashed UFO, where the illusion collapses and only Kent, Wayne, Prince, Faraday, and the Martian remain real. They discover a Green Martian among them and learn that a prisoner is guiding their escape. The revelation unsettles the group as the true plan comes into focus.

during the illusion UFO site, Grovers Mill
10

J'onn J'onzz Revealed

J'onn J'onzz explains that he has been using telepathic abilities to project illusions on Warworld, a planet-destroying artificial world. He reveals their captors used a Zeta-beam teleporter to bring them there and that he has been trying to guide them back to reality. The group contemplates escape and return home.

revelation moment Warworld illusion
11

Lobo's Betrayal

Lobo betrays Mongul as he is about to execute J'onzz, changing the course of the confrontation. The betrayal sparks a chaotic scramble as the heroes prepare to intervene. Tensions rise as loyalties shift in the fight for control of Warworld.

betrayal moment Mongul's throne room, Warworld
12

Costume Return and Warworld Battle

Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman reclaim their costumes and fight their way to Mongul's throne room. J'onzz merges with a White Martian, revealing that the two halves of Warworld's key are hidden in the DNA of both Martian races. The trio and Martian ally press the battle toward the key's discovery.

battle moment Warworld throne room
13

The Key and the Self-Destruct

Using the two halves of the key, J'onzz activates Warworld's self-destruct sequence. The planet-destroying machine begins to collapse as the heroes race to escape. The fate of Warworld hangs in the balance as the crisis looms.

climax Warworld
14

Rescue and Escape to the Monitor

A mysterious woman rescues Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman and teleports them to safety at the Monitor's satellite. The escape marks a narrow victory as Warworld seems doomed. The woman hints that Crisis is coming, signaling future events.

immediate aftermath Monitor's satellite
15

Warworld's Destruction and the Crisis Ahead

Warworld explodes, a grim reminder that greater threats loom on the horizon. The rescue and the impending Crisis escalate the stakes for heroes across the cosmos. The sequence closes with a foreboding sense of upcoming upheaval.

aftermath Space, near Warworld/Monitor's satellite

Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 10:23

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