Earth 2: Society: Planetfall Review

Finished reading Earth 2: Society: Planetfall, beginning a new series for DC's Earth 2 characters, Earth 2: Worlds End co-writer Daniel H. Wilson brings the survivors of the original Earth 2 to another world to begin anew. The book opens up with the heroes of Earth 2 coming together to stop Huntress and Red Arrow form activating a device called the Genesis Machine form terraforming this new world into some thing that resembles their original world. The book then starts back up with this universe's new incarnation of Batman on the pursuit of Terry Sloan, who plans on terraforming this new world. Only to be stopped by the worlds heroes before Sloan can fully achieve his plan bout only to be found dead shortly after which causes a rise in tension between the former team until the killer has been found among them. Overall this was a decent book as it dives back into the universe of Earth 2 by telling a much more slower story allowing more time for some interesting character development. The structure of the story is great as the main and a nice pace as it also allows for some character development for the heroes of Earth 2 and what has been happening on this world since the survivors of the original Earth 2 inhabited it. The artwork is great as it makes the planet and the city's their own characters as much as the heroes with in the book. There are a few emotionally charged scenes that are amazingly put together. What does however let the book is the ending due to it being incredibly anticlimactic after having a large amount of set up. 6/10.

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Film Review

Finished watching Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, directed by Edward Zwick and staring Tom Cruise, Jason Douglas, Cobie Smulders, Robert Catrini and Danika Yarosh. The film opens up with Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) at a dinner in where he arrests the sheriff (Jason Douglas) for human trafficking with help from military police after being in contact with its head Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders). When Jack heads back to Washington DC to meet with Turner he discovers that she has been arrested on accounts of being involved with the death of two soldiers who went on a mission in Afghanistan under her command. With this news Jack tries to clear Turner's name which leads to the two going on the run when Reacher is arrested for the death of Turner's lawyer (Robert Catrini) who was beaten to death at his home. Overall this was a decent film as it is a good solid action film but is not without its faults. The subplot of Jack discovering that he may have a daughter (Danika Yarosh) is an interesting concept that helps to raise the stakes in the film but it does leave a lot to desire. The fighting choreography is great as it shows just how brutal each character fighting styles are extremely well but the editing doesn't flow as well as the choreography. 6.5/10.

New Suicide Squad: Monsters Review

Finished reading New Suicide Squad: Monsters, continuing writer Sean Ryan's run on the series the team of Task Force X find themselves infiltrating a terrorist organisation in hope to stop it from the inside. The book opens up with the small team of Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn and Black Manta in a fight with a Russian Red Rocket in Ukraine. The rest of the book continues with the teams main mission of infuriating a terrorist splinter group of the League of Assassins who have made home in a war-torn city outside of Turkey as Amanda Waller and Vic Sage have given Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and Black Manta the mission of infuriating the group for reconnaissance. While the team is infiltrating the splinter group a secondary team consisting of Harley Quinn, Parasite and Reverse-Flash have also been deployed as backup for when the primary team is ready to escape form the group after they have completed the mission. However things don't go according to plan when the group decided to attack a British refinery nearby which leads to the secondary team being prisoners of the group. Overall this was a great book as writer Sean Ryan not only tells a very well action centric story but is also able to pull in some major news headlines of the time to influence the story. There is some great character development for Reverse-Flash and Black Manta who have a couple of great character arcs within the story. While Harley Quinn and Deadshot also have some interesting development as well thanks to the experiences they have within the story. The artwork by Philippe Briones does a great job with the location designs and also being able to an amazing jobs in being able to display different characters emotions extremely well. 8.5/10.

Constantine: The Hellblazer: Going Down Review

Finished reading Constantine: The Hellblazer: Going Down, this begins DC comics' second Constantine series since bringing the character into the main DC continuity as writers Ming Doyle and James Tynion scale back Constantine's world compared to the stories that Constantine has been a part of previously. The book opens up with John Constantine at a bar in the Lower East Side of New York meeting with a woman how makes clothes with the dead skins of daemons that she has summon. The next story opens with Constantine covered in blood and using his magic to persuade a shop attendant to give him a free set of clothes with the ghost of Constantine's friend Gary calling him out for what he's doing. With Gary and other ghosts following Constantine, he enters a local cafe to get away from them only to be eventually join by Blythe an old lover who is in need of his help. The book then continues with Constantine discovering that the ghost that haunt him are being killed of by a strange supernatural force and after failing to save the ghost Constantine reluctantly heads to England to meet with his old friend Georgie who is now a consultant exorcist of the secret service for help to deal with the problem facing the ghost which turns out to be caused by something very close to the two friends. The final story see's Constantine returning to New York and taking on a few smaller jobs that require his attention in order to find some money to pay his rent. Overall this was a good book as it dives back into the magical corner of the DC universe through the perspective of John Constantine while also very accessible to new readers. The flashbacks are a great addition to the book as it not only give more insight to what happen in Constantine's past and how it effects he present and the situations that Constantine has found himself in. The is some nice little comedic moments within the book that come from Constantine's own personality thanks to the way he reacts to some of the situations he finds himself in. The artwork throughout the book is great as the designs of the supernatural creatures and location bring across a great horror feel to the book which is also enforced by the paneling of the book. 7.5/10.

Inferno Film Review

Finished watching Inferno, directed by Ron Howard and staring Ben Foster, Tom Hanks, Ana Ularu and Felicity Jones. The film opens up with scientist Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) being chased to a tall building were he jumps to his death because of his views and plans to deal with overpopulation. The film then cuts to a hospital in Florence, Italy were Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is being treated for a head wound that has caused some memory loss. Suddenly without warning a police woman (Ana Ularu) starts shooting at him, which causes doctor Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) to get Langdon out of the hospital to her home for safety. Once the two are at Sienna's home Langdon come across a object within his clothes made out of human bone that contains an image of Sandro Botticelli's Map of Hell, based on Donte's Inferno, which contains a clue to the location of a virus that Zobrist created and planed to unleash onto the world. Overall this was a decent film as it brings another film the this franchise that began with the Da Vinci Code in 2006 with the same interesting premise that has continued with the franchise thanks to the character of Robert Langdon. The use of Langdon's amnesia in the film is good as it brings almost two mysteries into the film with Langdon's amnesia being the most interesting of the two. Some of the twist and turns within the film don't have the impact that they should as the reveals to some characters true intentions come across as predictable. 6/10.

Harley Quinn and Power Girl Review

Finished reading Harley Quinn and Power Girl, this tells the story of what happened to Harley and Power Girl when they were teleported by a ring in villain Clock King's possession as Harley Quinn writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti are joined by cowriter Justin Gray as the two heroes find themselves on an alien planet. The book opens up with Harley Quinn and Power Girl finding themselves on the alien planet Valeron after the two were teleported by Clock King and Sportsmaster during a fight on Earth. The two set out to find another teleportation ring to get back to Earth only for Harley and Power Girl being caught in the middle of an invasion on Valeron and the only way for the two to get back to Earth is to find and save the planet's leader Vartox. Overall this was a good book as it teams up Harley Quinn once again with Power Girl that fits perfectly as a standalone story as well as a great addition to the main Harley Quinn series. There is a great amount of comedy throughout the book thanks to the different situations Harley and Power Girl find themselves and reactions they have not just to the situations their in but also their interactions with the characters they meet and each other. The artwork throughout is not only captures the 1970's aesthetic of Valeron and its populous extremely well, while the art also does a great job in showcasing the action scenes and the characters emotions as well. 7.5/10.

Teen Titans Earth One: Volume Two Review

Finished reading Teen Titans Earth One: Volume Two, this continues the story for the Earth One version of the Teen Titans as writer Jeff Lemire continues the story of the superpowered teenagers on the run from the people that gave them their powers. The book opens up with Tera, Gar, Vic along with Tempest on the run from Star Labs and the authorities since the events of the previous book as the group have set up home in a construction site in Seattle. While in New Mexico Raven has been learning more about Starfire's past as Starfire is still learning to speak English after flying from Starlabs when she was saved by the group earlier. While all of this is happening Slade Wilson is still being possessed by his son Joey who then breaks into the headquarters of Starlabs to meet with Doctor Niles Caulder, the leader and one of the lead scientists of the project that gave the kids their powers and hopes to retrieve them all to continue with his experiments. Overall this was a good book as it continues the story of these characters that began with the previous book as we get to see how each character is dealing with their new found powers and explore more of their history. The art by Andy Macdonald is great as the art style is similar to the previous book but also works for the more darker tone of the book with how the addition of Doctor Caulder is introduced and how much of a threat he is to the group. 7/10.