DC Showcase: Adam Strange
Seen it?2020 | 16 min | Animation, Action, Science Fiction
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and animation lovers. If you loved Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 16 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
On a rugged asteroid mining colony, few of the toiling workers are aware that their town drunk was ever anything but an interplanetary derelict. But when the miners open a fissure into the home of a horde of deadly alien insects, his true identity is exposed. He is space adventurer Adam Strange, whose heroic backstory is played out in flashbacks as he struggles to save the very people who have scorned him for so long.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 9K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
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Cast & crew
Directed by Butch Lukic
- Charlie WeberAdam Strange (voice)
- Roger CrossForeman (voice)
- Kimberly BrooksAlanna / Diane / Meyra (voice)
- Ray ChaseNoris (voice)
- Fred TatascioreBartender (voice)