Martian Manhunter
Martian Manhunter – Peter Mensah
Dr Saul Erdel – James McAvoy
Ma'alefa'ak – Peter Mensah
M'yrnn J'onzz – Dany Glover
Main Journalist – Edward Norton
Mister Keane – Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rio – Hale Berry
The film starts on Ma'aleca'andra where Dr Erdel narrates what happened to create his race with the Burning ruling the planet and White Martians dying out. Eventually the Burning are defeated but the Martian fear of fire remains. JJ and his brother are born and his brother becomes mentally unstable as he grows up. He creates a virus which kills every Martian but JJ due to his incredible mental restraint. Dr Erdel sends a beam into space to find alien life and JJ follows it to earth but is driven mad by grief. When he arrives on earth he is met by soldiers who he kills and proceeds to create havoc on earth. Dr Erdel captures him and begins to give him therapy until his sanity is restored (this is narrated from Dr Erdel’s perspective). All the while a group of government officials and journalists are trying to track him down (scenes are shown of them finding information and tracking him). At one point they find the location but JJ helps Dr Erdel escape. His brother Ma'alefa'ak comes to earth ripping apart cities to find him so JJ decides to face him. After a long battle JJ wins killing Ma’alefa’ak but is surrounded by soldiers. He manages to escape and from then on vows to protect the earth from all threats to make up for what he has done.