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

Complete credited cast:
Jason O'Mara	...	Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Stuart Allan	...	Damian (voice)
Thomas Gibson	...	Deathstroke (voice)
Morena Baccarin	...	Talia (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Man-Bats (voice)
Xander Berkeley	...	Langstrom (voice)
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Sean Maher	...	Nightwing / Dick Grayson (voice)
David McCallum	...	Alfred (voice)
Diane Michelle	...	Francine (voice)
Andrea Romano	...	Suit #2 (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Killer Croc (voice)
Bruce Thomas	...	Gordon / Ubu (voice)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Rebecca (voice)

Storyline

Ra's AL Ghul is dead, slain by former League of Assassin Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke. His victory is not without a cost, the price his right eye; taken by Ra's own grandson Damien. Fearing for her sons' safety Talia AL Ghul decides now is the time for the boy to meet his father. Half a world away a trail of chemical plant heists finds the Batman catching the culprit in the very act. The thief is Killer Croc, but Croc has changed mutated by some unseen hand. With the shocking appearance of the lovely but deadly Talia, Croc is quickly taken down. Back at Gotham harbor Talia gives the Detective the news of Ra's fate along with the surprise of introducing him to Damien, their son. Talia sets out to handle Slade while Damien falls under the guardianship of Batman. The young man possess great fighting prowess but his cocky self confidence creates friction back at Wayne Manor. Batman's investigation into Croc's actions leads him to the home of Dr. Kirk Langstrom, creator of the Man-bat ...

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Plot Keywords:

deathstroke character | killer croc character | shared universe | society of assassins | monastery | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the film Dick Grayson appeared as Nightwing, while in the comics Tim Drake who was Robin at the time appeared instead. In addition, to help keeps things simple for the DC Universe animated films, the existence of Jason Todd and Tim Drake as the previous Robins after Dick Grayson's retirement was removed entirely and instead was changed to Damian being the only person who would replace Dick Grayson as Robin.

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Quotes

Deathstroke: Now your luck ends.
Damian Wayne: You call it luck, I call it skill.
[spits in Deathstroke's eye]

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Crazy Credits

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

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Connections

Version of The New Adventures of Batman (1977)

User Reviews

Not as bad as the reviews make out ... not as good as DC ...

... could have done.

The execution, the voice acting is indeed below par in places. This is true.

But I confess the story got to me. Usually any production that starts with the words "SON OF" is doomed. Literally.

But the story hooked me so I tolerated the subpar production values and actually had a fairly good time.

More than once I even wondered if somewhere out there was a producer who would find the cash to do this live action but given the audience expectations for a live action BATMAN, especially after Dark Knight, I guess that REALLY WOULD BE A FANTASY.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Son of Batman

Filming Locations:

Chicago Illinois, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Premiere

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Color:

Color