This is another of these roughly 11-minute-long animated short films made by Warner Bros that came out 5 years ago. The director is Joaquim Dos Santos and his work here and also in the other showpieces lets me think that it would actually be nice if he got his own feature film at some point. The Spectre is a superhero who is relatively unknown and it would be equally nice if he got his own film at some point, maybe even live action. The story here is about a man who gets killed and The Spectre, who has the ability to breathe life into inanimate objects, takes revenge. First we think, it is because of a thing he has going on with the victim's daughter (voiced by Alyssa Milano), but then things move into another direction. The final plot twist elevates a fairly mediocre film to this point. Good writing here, although I still believe that he solved these cases far too quickly. Maybe one villain in the middle of the film would have been enough and instead some more elaboration on how he found out who was really behind it all. Still, that's just a minor criticism. The animation is pretty good and this is a decent film. I still believe "Jonah Hex" is the best of these, but "The Spectre" is maybe 3rd behind Superman as well, but better than Green Arrow and Catwoman. Recommended.
Review of DC Showcase: The Spectre
