Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.
- cold war
- superhero
- soviet union
- cartoon
- based on comic
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jason Isaacs
Superman (voice)
Amy Acker
Lois Lane (voice)
Diedrich Bader
Lex Luthor (voice)
Vanessa Marshall
Diana / Wonder Woman (voice)
- Phil Morris — James Olsen (voice)
- Paul Williams — Brainiac (voice)
- Greg Chun — Ambassador Lee (voice)
- Roger Craig Smith — Batman (voice)
- William Salyers — Joseph Stalin / Jack Ryder (voice)
- Jim Meskimen — John F. Kennedy / Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice)
- Sasha Roiz — Hal Jordan (voice)
- Phil LaMarr — John Stewart / Ron Troupe / Gulag Guard (voice)
- Travis Willingham — Superior Man / Guy Gardner / Petrovich (voice)
- Winter Ave Zoli — Svetlana (voice)
- Jim Ward — George Taylor (voice)
- Directed
- Sam Liu
- Written
- J. M. DeMatteis
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 915 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Animation, DC
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
