Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Peter Weller | ... | Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice) | |
| Ariel Winter | ... | Robin / Carrie Kelley (voice) | |
| David Selby | ... | Commissioner Gordon (voice) | |
| Wade Williams | ... | Harvey Dent (voice) | |
| Carlos Alazraqui | ... | Hernando (voice) | |
| Dee Bradley Baker | ... | Don (voice) | |
| Paget Brewster | ... | Lana Lang (voice) | |
| Maria Canals-Barrera | ... | Ellen Yindel (voice) (as Maria Canals) | |
| Cathy Cavadini | ... | Joanie (voice) (as Catherine Cavadini) | |
| Townsend Coleman | ... | Morrie (voice) | |
| Grey Griffin | ... | Anchor Carla (voice) (as Grey DeLisle) | |
| Richard Doyle | ... | The Mayor (voice) | |
| Greg Eagles | ... | Mackie (voice) | |
| Michael Emerson | ... | Joker (voice) | |
| Michael Jackson | ... | Alfred Pennyworth (voice) | |
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Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
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25 September 2012 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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No one does it better than the Bat at any age he is still the same, too smart for those who what to get on his bad side.
This part1 is so good I can't wait to see the rest; I hope veterans like the joker will be there to make it all crazy like.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a two-part animated superhero film, an adaptation of the four-issue story arc The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, printed in 1986.
This animation is nowhere near the movies (i.e. story wise), and it focuses on the future, wrong choice of words it is about the future, Bruce Wayne is 55 and the bat has not been seen for 10 years.
The story arc curved around the bat after retirement. Gotham now seemed to be overrun by a group called Mutants. The Mutants weren't just any gang they were absolutely ruthless and in a way useless.
Also in this flick we get to see Harvey Dent/Two face after he has undergone plastic surgery to fix his face. Harvey now looked normal but he was so paranoid and out of it that he went back to his old ways.
Things weren't changing in Gotham and with the ongoing nightmares and Bruce sleep walking and sleep doing things in the night; it was obvious he could no longer cage the bat any more.
Bruce carved to the urges. In the dark is the "billionairelly" in sane Batman, is seen jumping over roof tops and doing things other billionaires could only dream that their bodyguards could do (because no sane billionaire jumps around in the dark. Imagine one day you look out the window only to see Bill Gates in his underwear and a cape on your roof would you say Bill still got all his screws nicely tight?) I don't know what I liked better is it watching Bat being Bat again in his old age, or the bad guys not knowing in time to skip town when they found out he was out of retirement (you can't blame them though, some didn't know who he was).
Well, the directing of this wonderful flick was done by Jay Oliva, who worked as a storyboard artist on Man of Steel, Batman: Year One and Batman: Under the Red Hood.
The animation was well drawn, far better sorry, far far far better than what we saw in Superman vs. the Elite.
The only downside to this wonderful movie is the news casting; it was boring and looked too much like child's play I hope you are not still reading this, because I expect by now that you have hit the stores to go grab your copy of The Dark Knight Returns Part 1.
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