DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games (2017)

Directed by: Cecilia Aranovich | 73 minutes | animation, family | Original voice cast: Mariangny Alvarez, Claudia Alvarez, Rebeca Aponte, Yvette Nicole Brown, Navid Cabrera, Lileana Chacon, Greg Cipes, Romi Dames, Greg DeLisle, Jessica DiCicco, John DiMaggio, Teala Dunn, Maria Jose Estevez, Anais Fairweather, Nika Futterman, Arelys Gonzalez

This film mainly focuses on the most famous female superheroes from the DC universe, united in a team with the appropriate name Superhero Girls. The girls collective is competing in the Intergalactic Games, a tournament in which teams from different parts of the universe compete for the coveted top prize. The Superhero Girls face off against the Korugar Academy and the Female Furies, among others. While the event should be a peaceful celebration of sportsmanship, not everyone shares that view. Evil robots appear, for example, and the sporting competition quickly degenerates into a battle at the cutting edge. It’s up to the Superhero Girls to defeat evil and save the Intergalactic Games.

In ‘DC Superhero Girls: Intergalactic Games’, the well-known DC icons Supergirl, Batgirl and Wonder Woman as well as the more villainous characters Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are still young teenage girls. That approach already betrays that the film is mainly aimed at a somewhat younger viewership than many other DC productions. The story is therefore told in a fairly light-hearted way, in which, in addition to the well-known superhero theme, issues such as interpersonal relationships between teenagers and the importance of teamwork and sportsmanship are also discussed. The animation film is also not devoid of the necessary humor. The quality of the jokes varies: often they are very nice, but sometimes they miss the mark a bit. But, as befits a superhero movie, ‘DC Superhero Girls: Intergalactic Games’ also has some serious fighting from time to time. The action scenes are generally quite nice, although given the target group that the film is aimed at, there is mainly comical violence. So it all remains a bit well-behaved, which is of course not so surprising given the nature of the target audience.

‘DC Superhero Girls: Intergalactic Games’ is mainly a film that will appeal to older children who have a soft spot for superheroines. The animation is not very distinctive or original, but contains enough speed, action and fun scenes to keep you fascinated for a little over an hour and a half. A certainly not bad variant on the theme of female superheroes.