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So, I finally got around to watching RWBY X Justice League Part 2. I bought the film a while ago, but I took my time getting around to viewing it. Shockingly, the film isn't that good. I know that's such a hot take (sarcasm). I had no expectations for this film. Firstly, because a crossover between RWBY and the Justice League is a concept that always seemed awkward and forced to me. Of all the crossovers with RWBY I envisioned seeing over the years, one with the Justice Leage doesn't even crack the top ten. This is coming from someone who has been a fan of DC heroes his entire life and has been a fan of RWBY since 2016. Also, there'll be some minor spoilers in this review.

Also, I was not a fan of RWBY X Justice League Part 1. When I did my review on that film, I was kind to it. I gave it a 6 out of ten, I think. Looking back on it now, I would probably lower that score to a 4. The only thing that film had going for it was Jessica Cruz. I've never been a big Jessica Cruz fan. I stand by my opinion that Jessica Cruz in part 1 is my favorite version of that character. The rest of the movie sucks. So, is part 2 better? Yes, but that's not saying much. It's still mid at best.

Let's get the positive out of the way. The designs are better overall in this film. The Justice League have their classic designs back, and it's a lot better. Aside from Jessica Cruz (and maybe Vixen) their designs in part one were really lame. Batman here actually looks and acts like Batman instead of some emo poorly cosplaying as him. I like all of Team RWBY's new outfits as well, particularly Weiss's. I actually like them a lot better than their Volumes 7-9 attire. Blake's outfit here is better than her past two outfits in RWBY proper.

We also get appearances get appearances from Black Canary and some minor DC villains like Killer Croc and Weather Wizard. My favorite part of the whole movie was the few seconds we saw the Joker and Harley just chilling out, having drinks, as they watch Gotham getting decimated by grim. That made me laugh because it's something they would totally do.

Now on to the negative. Like with part 1, a lot of plot points don't make any sense. For example, when Team RWBY travel from Remnant to the DC Universe they immediately get their new outfits for some reason. They just come through with entirely different clothing. They also don't have their weapons or semblances. Instead, they get all new powers for some reason. Why do these things happen? No idea. It's never addressed and none of the characters ever question it. Blake doesn't have her cat ears either. Why? Because Faunuses are too fantastical? This is the DC Universe. Faunuses, grim, and semblances are not the weirdest things to be featured in DC by a long shot.

The villains are still lame. Killgore is still a terrible villain. It's nice to see Watts back, as he was always one of the better villains in RWBY. It was nice to see him actually interact with Team RWBY, which we never got in the canon. Which is quite sad when you think about it. But he's not given a lot to do, and the way he's defeated is rather lame, though still better than how he went out in volume 8.

Also, for a movie that's supposedly trying to bring in new fans, it seems to want its viewers to have significant knowledge of RWBY. Because they reference events of pat volumes quite frequently, particularly V8. They also reference a villain not even from the show but the game Grim Eclipse. Even I was confused at first when they brought that up having never played the game.

The action is serviceable, I guess. Like part 1, most of the action is against grim. Though, it is cool to see a couple new grim designs this time. But I wish there were more 1 vs 1 fights, because that's where RWBY action is at its best.

Overall, this is an improvement over part 1, but only marginally. Again, these are movies that really shouldn't have been made. They were clearly done to try to use the DC brand to bring new fans to RWBY, which is a dumb idea. For one, DC themselves aren't doing so hot recently. The comics have been in the red for years, and the movies aren't doing much better. Their animated movies have never been big moneymakers. The only time they do decent numbers is when they adapt well-known comic stories. Secondly, these two franchises just don't really jive together.

The only people who would pick this up are diehard fans like me who just want to support the franchise so we can get V10 greenlit, which defeats the whole purpose of these films. Imagine if the had spent all the money and resources that when into these two films on volumes 9 & 10. But apparently no one smart is in charge at WB or RT anymore.