DC Showcase: Adam Strange

A somber, flashback-driven sci-fi tragedy about a broken hero finding purpose again amid loss and isolation.

Directed by

Butch Lukic

Genres

Animation, Action, Science fiction

Starring

Charlie Weber, Roger Cross, Kimberly Brooks

Overview

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 feels

Melancholic, dark, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Grief, isolation, redemption, survival

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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