Son of Batman (2014)

Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group the League of Assassins.

Director:

Ethan Spaulding

Writers:

Bob Kane (Batman created by), Grant Morrison (graphic novel)

Stars:

Jason O'Mara, Stuart Allan, Thomas Gibson

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Jason O'Mara	...	Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Stuart Allan	...	Robin / Damian Wayne (voice)
Thomas Gibson	...	Deathstroke (voice)
Morena Baccarin	...	Talia al Ghul (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Man-Bat / Joker / Man-Bat Commando (voice)
Xander Berkeley	...	Dr. Kirk Langstrom (voice)
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Sean Maher	...	Nightwing / Dick Grayson (voice)
David McCallum	...	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Diane Michelle	...	Francine Langstrom / Call Girl #2 (voice)
Andrea Romano	...	Suit #2 (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Killer Croc / Dusan al Ghul (voice)
Bruce Thomas	...	James Gordon / Ubu (voice)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Rebecca Langstrom / Call Girl #1 (voice)

Storyline

Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group the League of Assassins.

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Plot Keywords:

batman | deathstroke | league of assassins | man bat | batcave | 

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Taglines:

Vengeance runs in the blood.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for stylized violence including bloody images, and some suggestive material

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Le fils de Batman

Company Credits

Production Co:

DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Premiere

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Morena Baccarin(Talia Al Ghul) and Sean Maher(Nightwing/Dick Grayson) appeared together in the 2002 television series, Firefly. Both actors have have been guest stars in other television shows based off of DC characters. Morena Baccarin playing Dr. Leslie Thompson in Gotham as well as voicing Black Canary in Justice League and Sean Maher playing Mark Scheffer/Shrapnel in Arrow.

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Quotes

Damian Wayne: So this is the fabled Batcave. Grandfather told me about it. Smaller than I imagined. Very efficient, though.
Alfred Pennyworth: He is the spitting image of you at that age. It's a bit chilling.

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Crazy Credits

During the credits there are stills from the actual fight, we did not see, between Damian and Nightwing from earlier, after Ubu's defeat.

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Connections

Followed by Batman: Bad Blood (2016)

User Reviews

Awful. Just awful.

This is the single worst Batman movie to date. I truly believe this is worse than Batman and Robin, because at least that film is funny.

The plot makes no sense, the villain's motivations are frankly ridiculously stupid and nonsensical, the fights are uninspired, Damian Wayne is at his worst in terms of insufferable characterisation and insipid, mean-spirited dialogue, the voice acting ranges from fairly good to the worst I've heard in professional animation.

Deathstroke is changed from an incredible and intelligent fighter into a pathetic, idiotic bumbler who gets knocked out with one punch from Batman. The supposedly unstoppable army of Man-Bats are actually less effective and far dumber than normal human beings, and stopped in one of the weakest anti-climaxes I've ever seen. The plot is so poorly handled that I honestly started to laugh out loud at what were supposed to be tense scenes. That's not even getting into the scene between Batman and Talia which seems to suggest the writers are rape apologists--yes, Bruce states he was drugged and raped by Talia, but that it was "not all bad" which is undoubtedly the most horribly awful thing I've heard in a DC movie.

Bottom line, I only recommend this to people if you want a truly hilariously inept film to watch and laugh about with your friends, which is precisely what I did after trying to watch it on my own.