DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock
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| Directed by | Bruce Timm |
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| Produced by | Amy McKenna |
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| Edited by | Christopher D. Lozinski |
| Music by | Lolita Ritmanis Michael McCuistion Kristopher Carter |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock is an American animated short war superhero film based on the titular character, directed by Bruce Timm, written by Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson and Tim Sheridan, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment.[1] The short was included as part of the home media release of Batman: Hush.
It is the first DC Showcase installment in eight years since DC Showcase: Catwoman.
Plot
[edit]Waking up in a field hospital months after his squad, Easy Company, was killed in a fierce battle and recovering from his injuries, Sgt. Rock is tasked by Lt. Matthew Shrieve to capture a female German Nazi scientist with the aid of the top secret Creature Commandos, consisting of Pvt. Warren Griffith, a wolfman hybrid, Sgt. Vincent Velcoro, a vampire, and Pvt. Elliot "Lucky" Taylor, a Frankenstein-like monster. They quietly enter the castle and find the scientist and her assistant but are ambushed by Rock's archenemy, the Iron Major. The scientist activates a switch to a generator powering a "rumored doomsday weapon". Taylor destroys the generator, and the steel doors of a chamber burst open, releasing Rock's squad, the Easy Company, who were revived as undead soldiers. The Creature Commandos manage to kill five of the zombies but discover that the generator was meant to revive Rock's friend Bulldozer. Bulldozer was a physically equal match to Taylor and both Velcoro and Griffith could not stop him either. Sgt. Rock manages to get a hold of his Thompson submachine gun and kills Bulldozer with it. As the laboratory catches on fire, Iron Major and the scientists attempt to flee but Rock and the Commandos corner them. The Major gloats saying Rock will not shoot them because he has orders to take them alive so that the Americans can force them to build their own "army of the dead". Realizing this, Rock orders the Commandos to kill the Iron Major and the scientists and burn down the castle along with their research. Once outside, Rock orders the Commandos to fall in as he is about to make a statement. He says that Lt. Shrieve has been taking them for granted and for withholding information in the mission briefing, Rock has guaranteed he will do everything in his power so that never again will the Creature Commandos be deployed in battle in this manner and they will keep quiet about what happen in the castle. As they move out, Rock takes one last look at the burning castle knowing he has given Easy Company a proper cremation before he departs.
Cast
[edit]- Karl Urban as Sgt. Rock
- Keith Ferguson as Lt. Matthew Shrieve
- William Salyers as The Iron Major
- Audrey Wasilewski as Nurse
References
[edit]- ^ "DC Showcase Animated Shorts to Highlight Sgt Rock, Adam Strange & More". CBR. May 7, 2019.