Shattered Realities

"0/10, this movie sucks balls!" -Nostalgia Critic

Shattered Realities is a 2025 animated/live-action comedy-action massive crossover film directed by Steven Spielberg and Sam Raimi as co-director.

This movie follows the plot of an orphaned young adult named Atlas Starwood who was treated as an outcast by everyone, and working a dead-end job with little pay until he's suddenly pulled into a series of chaotic and dangerous events when Lyra Swiftail, an anthropomorphic vixen fox who was kidnapped from her homeworld of Foxington by a corrupt multiversal organization dubbed the M.I.A (Multiversal Imprisonment Agency), lead by a Russian-born general by the name of Killian Martokov, who yearns for unlimited power and triumph over reality. Along the way, they run into new friends, such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails Prower, Amy Rose, etc. while they explore the vast limits of the multiverse and find a way to start an uprising against the corrupt organization and save reality from being imprisoned and used for energy resources, while also learning what they have in common with each other.

Plot
Set before the main events, a team of FBI agents approach a base located in the Nevada Desert, having received calls claiming suspicious activity and sent to investigate. But suddenly, as they enter, they are immediately denied entrance by a guard, further raising their suspicion. But before they could discuss with the guard, the entrance suddenly explodes with an unidentified figure escaping and hijacking a HUMVEE. Killian Martokov then reveals himself and has the agents detained and imprisoned, while Carl, one of the higher class agents, yells out that someone will stop him, which the general calls impossible. They are imprisoned and tortured soon afterward.

One morning in St. Louis, Missouri, our protagonist, 18-year old Atlas Starwood, orphaned and living alone, is a failed newspaper reporter who, according to his boss, says that he has several failed and ridiculous stories based on minor events. One day, during his work day, he is called to a board meeting and after a brief moment of chaos, is fired from his job, despite the leader of the board trying to sympathize with him.

Meanwhile, the unknown escapant is cornered by two soldiers after a rough car chase which ended with a crash, severely injuring her in the process and losing consciousness. But the soldiers sense someone approaching, therefore retreating.

Atlas is shown pondering what to do next after the loss of his job, but eventually runs into the escaped prisoner, revealed to be an anthropomorphic vixen fox dressed in aviator clothing named Lyra Swiftail. Noticing her injuries, Atlas decides to take her back to his home to treat the injured fox's wounds, not wanting to leave her on the street.

Meanwhile, as Killian does his daily "staring-through-the-window-while-looking-intimidating-for-no-reason" routine, he is notified of the failed recapture of Lyra, further infuriating him. But upon learning of the possibility of a global scan, thanks to the organization's advanced technology, Killian takes satisfaction on this and yells at the notifier to get to it, while telling him he doesn't have to do the stereotypical "Army march call", which he fails to hear. The general then decides to call one of his old friends and assign him to the job.

Back at Atlas' home, he successfully treats the still-unconscious Lyra's injuries, thanks to his lessons on veterinarian treatment as spoken, and decides to let her rest until she wakes. But as Atlas notices and starts to inspect a gold medallion on the jacket, Lyra regains her consciousness and notices the curious young adult looking at her medallion and asks what he's doing, causing Atlas to comically hit his head on the top shelf, cursing in the process. Then, as Atlas introduces himself to her, she explains how she came here and warns him of the M.I.A, who are now probably after her. As she tries to take her leave to not have him involved, Atlas speaks up that he won't let her face a corrupt organization by herself and volunteers to help her. Lyra, liking his boldness and determination, decides to trust him and stay for a bit to heal up from the crash. Atlas lets her sleep in his room while he sleeps on the couch.

As time passes on, Killian keeps failing to get Lyra's location while the latter and Atlas bond over their similarities and interests, while she is humorously interested in the type of technology his world has, which is further shown in a short titled "Lyra Swiftail and the Wonders of Technology".

While Atlas and Lyra hang out some more, the latter notices a picture of the former's parents and asks who they are. Atlas explains that they are his parents and decides to tell her about what happened to them.

In a flashback, a younger Atlas is shown with his parents leaving a theater and with their car breaking down, they decide to go to the nearest vehicle repair building by going through an alley. But in a manner similar to Batman, lampshaded by Atlas in the process, his parents are shot dead by a mugger who was robbing a bystander but books it as police show up and attempt to catch him, with one officer comforting a shaken Atlas from what he just witnessed.

As Atlas finishes his backstory, Lyra expresses tremendous sympathy for his loss, which she says that she lost her parents too. After a moment of comfort and bonding, they decide to watch a movie to pass the time.

But then, as the M.I.A's scientists scan again, it's successful this time and reveals Lyra's location to be in St. Louis, Missouri which Killian immediately yells for a small formation of soldiers to head out, which they do.

Meanwhile, five hours later, as Atlas and Lyra both share a comedic and lampshade hanging moment during their reaction to a movie they're watching, where they discuss the over-usage of tropes and how pointless the infamous "break-up-sequence-only-to-reunite-later-on" cliche is, their moment is interrupted when the door is knocked. Speculating it could be the M.I.A, Lyra tells Atlas to prepare to fight, which he does by grabbing a pole as a makeshift weapon.

Reception
The movie currently holds a 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while it holds an audience rating of 45% on Google.

It grossed a total of $150 million at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics but overwhelmingly negative reviews by audience members and fans of the franchises used in this movie alike. It even earned it's own Bad Media page on the New Qualitipedia website from how awful and unrealistic it is.

"What the fuck is New Super Lucky's Tale?"

"They had to bring in fucking CG5 of all people to be cast in this horrendous garbage mixed with shit excuse of a setup for a cinematic universe! THAT'S NOT EVEN HOW THE MULTIVERSE WORKS!! It doesn't have different universes of different franchises as if they were real all along! It completely ruins the differences between FICTION and REALITY! Just because anything is possible doesn't mean FICTIONAL UNIVERSES ACTUALLY EXIST! LIKE WHAT THE EVERLASTING FUCK IS THIS GARBAGE FILM!?!?! GET YOUR MINDS TOGETHER AND MAKE BETTER FILMS FOR ONCE!!!"

"This movie just throws in each franchise to get the fans coming to see this movie and the plot is just so mediocre, but at least the acting and camerawork is nice enough to enjoy."

"Seriously, what the fuck even is this movie? It's like Avengers and Smash Bros. had a child and THIS shit came out! 1/10, absolutely not worth it! This movie is pure dogshit!"

"I have never seen a huge disappointment since the day AVGN: The Movie came out."

"I'd rather burn my money than watch this garbage thrown in a rotting dumpster."