Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One marks the commencement of DC's Tomorrowverse saga. This trilogy's genesis can be traced back to the aftermath of Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, where Flash triggers a new flashpoint following the world's devastation. In a manner reminiscent of Marvel's Cinematic Universe, Part One is replete with profound history, enigma, and ample room for contemplation.
Similar to Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War, the plot of the movies is subtly foreshadowed in preceding installments like Green Lantern: Beware My Power and Constantine: House of Mystery. Reintroducing characters such as Constantine, The Monitor, Amazo, and Spectre, the initial movie in the trilogy boasts a diverse set of intriguing characters while deviating from the comics. Nonetheless, the film's conclusion has left fans pondering the implications for the tomorrowverse's future.
Deciphering Amazo's Allegiance
Amazo, an advanced android conceived by Dr. Anthony Ivo under the tutelage of Lex Luthor, is designed to safeguard human life by assimilating metaenergy to prolong human existence. Notwithstanding, this benevolence excludes metahumans and extraterrestrial beings like Superman and Martian Manhunter.
Initially, Amazo, a nascent android, grapples with actualizing its primary objective, effortlessly overpowering Superman and Flash in the process. This portrayal casts Amazo as a malevolent force, prompting the formation of the Justice League to counter it. Under the sway of Lex Luthor, Amazo ultimately subdues league members, but Dr. Ivo's sacrifice unveils Luthor's deceit, leading Amazo back to the side of heroism.
In the climactic scenes, Amazo serves as a conduit on one of the towers erected to halt the Anti-matter wave. While his role in the initial stages remains enigmatic, Amazo's capacity to absorb meta-energy proves pivotal in energizing the towers that ultimately thwart the anti-matter wave, albeit resulting in Amazo's demise.
Unraveling the Flash's Catastrophic Involvement
The pivotal character in Part One, The Flash's culpability in the unfolding events can be directly linked to preceding films. In Constantine: House of Mystery, Constantine is banished for goading Flash into creating another flashpoint. As an additional punishment, the Spectre compels Constantine to witness the world's demise.
In the Crisis on Infinite Earth's narrative, Barry's turmoil, stemming from the Flashpoint, is evident, with a disheveled beggar, likely Constantine, persistently appearing to warn him of the impending universal cataclysm. Ultimately, Flash thwarts the anti-matter wave and is confronted by the Spectre, who admonishes him for his role in the events. Subsequently, he is granted an opportunity to reset and rectify the situation.
Traversing time, he revisits the origins of his powers and later encounters Warworld, wherein he implores Bruce Wayne to salvage reality. Amidst this convolution, only the Spectre comprehends the unfolding intricacies, leaving audiences in eager anticipation of the forthcoming revelations regarding Flash's culpability in Part Two.
Unveiling the Potency of the Speed Force
Once more, the speed force emerges as a pivotal element in DC's animated universe. Serving as the wellspring of power for all speedsters, it is revealed that speedsters within a universe share the speed force. A solitary speedster in a universe gains unrestricted access to the speed force. When Luthor assumes a heroic mantle, Johnny Quick, the speedster from the crime syndicate, affirms this upon encountering Flash, eventually perishing, leading to Flash absorbing the entire speed force from his universe.
Besides empowering Flash's temporal and inter-universal traversal, the speed force ultimately determines the universe's fate. Upon returning from the Crime Syndicate's Earth, Flash brims with the assimilated speed force. Recognizing its potential, the assembled heroes, under Monitor's guidance, harness the speed force to energize the Towers. Subsequently, Flash employs his celerity to seemingly dilate time, bolster Amazo, and halt the Anti-matter wave.
Unraveling the Temporal Exploits of the Flash
In the movie's denouement, an aged Barry and Iris materialize, ensnared in a temporal stasis, experiencing a series of events within a fraction of a second. As the universe hurtles towards annihilation, Flash vibrates at an extraordinary frequency, fashioning a pocket of reality housing only himself, Iris, and Amazo.
Amidst their temporal sanctuary, Flash ages alongside Iris, culminating in his completion of the Tower, leveraging Amazo as a conduit to store kinetic energy necessary to energize the Tower. Following Iris's demise, Flash re-enters real-time just in time to activate the Tower, effectively thwarting the encroaching anti-matter wave, a feat made achievable by his absorption of the majority of the speed force post the Crime Syndicate's universe's demise.