Mad City (film)

Mad City is a 2023 American animated superhero film produced by New Line Cinema and ROBLOX Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the third film in the ROBLOX Game Cinematic Universe.

Synopsis
A superhero team known as the Mad Defenders do whatever it takes to protect the civilians from any potential threats, but when a man named John Alley (also known as Phantom) threatens to end the reign of the Mad Defenders due to him being unapproved for the team, the Mad Defenders have to recruit more and more people to try to stop his power from overcoming them. Meanwhile, a young teen named Andrew Phillips takes advantage of this opportunity and tries out to be the most powerful member that the Mad Defenders could ever have: Titan.

Plot
TBD

Cast

 * Justin Timberlake as Andrew Phillips/Titan- the main protagonist of the film.
 * Jon Favreau as John Alley/Phantom- the main antagonist of the film.
 * Tom Holland as Hotrod- one of the members of the Mad Defenders.
 * Daisy Ridley as Vanta- one of the members of the Mad Defenders.
 * Owen Wilson as Voltron- one of the members of the Mad Defenders.
 * Common as Inferno- one of the members of the Mad Defenders.
 * Asia Kate Dillon as Proton- one of the members of the Mad Defenders.
 * Ed Helms as Frostbite- one of the members of the Mad Defenders.
 * Emma Watson as Shelby Cooper- Andrew's girlfriend and one of the supporting protagonists of the film.

Flee the Facility

 * The Beast is shown attacking Mad City through a news report.
 * A news reporter is shown talking about the Facility showing the few survivors of the break-in walking out of the Facility to the police during a mid-credits scene.

Neon District

 * Edgar's parents escaped the Neon District to go to Mad City because of the Watch-Syndicate war when he was very young, and Edgar was sent to live with his grandparents in a rundown condo. On the way to Mad City, however, an explosive was fired at the plane, which caused it to explode, killing everyone in the plane including Edgar's parents. It is revealed that the main antagonist of the Mad City movie, Phantom, was the one who set off the explosion (which is explained in the Mad City movie, not this movie).
 * Edgar has a poster of the Mad Defenders (the superhero team of Mad City) in his apartment.
 * A post-credits scene shows the Mad Defenders talking about the explosion of the plane and who was involved in it, then a Watch official shows up 2 seconds later and says, "A citizen of the Neon District lost their parents in that horrifying incident." Phantom (the head of the Mad Defenders) asks who it was, and the Watch official says, "His name is Edgar." Then, the scene ends.

Broken Bones

 * An image of Mad City is briefly shown on a TV screen.

Phantom Forces

 * During a post-credits scene, we see Phantom brainwashing a representative of the Phantom Forces named Raven, making them forget about their team. Phantom says, "You will forget about your allies. You will work alongside me to become a powerful supervillain." After that, it cuts to Phantom taking out a dark, powerful suit, and after handing it to Raven, he tells him to put it on. Raven does so and walks up to Phantom. Phantom then says, "Together, Raven, we will take down the Phantom Forces." The scene then ends.
 * A scene in the Broken Bones movie instead of this movie.

Home media
The film was released digitally on August 23, 2023 and on DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra UHD on September 1, 2023, in North America. The international release was on September 8, 2023 for DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra UHD. The film was not released on Netflix, Hulu and AppleTV. It was released on Paramount+ and Amazon Prime Video.

Critical response

 * Rotten Tomatoes: 82%- Critical Consenus: "the 3 hour and 20 minute movie was the best idea, and if they hadn't done that, the movie wouldn't have a rememberable as it is now."
 * IMDb: 7/10 based on 310 votes.
 * CinemaScore: A
 * Common Sense Media: 3.9/5

Box office
The film opened with 3,920 theatres grossed $60.2 million on it's opening weekend, then proceeded to gross $403.7 million in the U.S. and Canada, followed by $180.2 million in overseas territories for a worldwide total of $644.1 million. It was a big commercial success.