If you loved DC Showcase: Death, try The Death and Return of Superman

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Sam Liu, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to DC Showcase: Death, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Death and Return of Superman is

You watch Metropolis as Doomsday descends. Superman clashes with the monster, even as the Justice League falters, but the hero falls. The world mourns. Animated adaptations let the source material breathe. Superman's legacy looms.

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