Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)

Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller hires her newly formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum to recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.

Directors:

Jay Oliva, Ethan Spaulding

Writers:

Bob Kane (Batman created by), Heath Corson

Stars:

Kevin Conroy, Neal McDonough, Hynden Walch

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Conroy	...	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
Neal McDonough	...	Deadshot / Floyd Lawton (voice)
Hynden Walch	...	Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Riddler (voice)
Troy Baker	...	Joker (voice)
Eric Bauza	...	Security Guy (voice)
Chris Cox	...	G.C.P.D. Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
John DiMaggio	...	King Shark (voice)
Greg Ellis	...	Captain Boomerang / George Harkness (voice)
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Jennifer Hale	...	Louise Lincoln / Killer Frost (voice)
Martin Jarvis	...	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Peter Jessop	...	Watch Commander (voice)
Christian Lanz	...	Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow, Victor Zsasz, Smitty, Guards (voice)
Nolan North	...	The Penguin / Oswald Cobblepot / KGBeast / Anatoli Knyazev (voice)

Storyline

In Gotham City, the Riddler has secret information on the top secret Task Force X that he threatens to make public, but before Amanda Waller can have him killed, he is captured by Batman. Now with Riddler imprisoned in Arkham Asylum, Amanda Waller reassembles the Suicide Squad of captured supervillains with the mission to infiltrate the forensic mental hospital to retrieve Riddler's information. Led by Deadshot, this black ops team makes their way into the facility, only to face complications from within and without the team with secret agendas and double crosses all around. Meanwhile, Batman has his own concerns with an urgent search for The Joker's deadly bomb that threatens Gotham City. Eventually, all these players converge on Arkham Asylum for a showdown that few are going to escape alive.

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Plot Keywords:

batman | arkham asylum | suicide squad | harley quinn character | the joker character | 

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Taglines:

Get ready to root for the bad guys.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Batman: Arkham'a Saldiri

Company Credits

Production Co:

DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Premiere

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cartoon that Harley is seen watching during the opening sequence is the opening of The New Looney Tunes Show, another creation of Warner Brothers.

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Goofs

When the helicopter falls from the skyscraper it falls outside the window where Batman has been fighting. However Batman was in a different skyscraper - distinctly shown a few minutes before so it should have fallen from the sky scraper opposite.

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Quotes

The Penguin: [sees Harley] CLOWN!

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Crazy Credits

Harley Quinn appears on the letter C of the DC Entertainment logo.

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Connections

Version of The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995)

User Reviews

Awesome!!

DC animated movies almost never fail to please me and Batman: Assault on Arkham, directed by Jay Oliva and Ethan Spaulding, portrays criminals with a vicious and sexy attitude.

With almost all the same voice actors from the Batman Arkham series including Kevin Conroy, Oliva and Spaulding take the Batman animated movies into Arkham Asylum just as portrayed in the Arkham video games series. In my opinion, it's about time Warner Brothers created a Batman animated movie based on the atmosphere of the Arkham games as it is so popular with the fans.

Interestingly enough, this movie focuses more on a criminal special task force created by Amanda Waller, who also created the Suicide Squad, rather than Batman; however, there was still enough of Batman to satisfy our Dark Knight needs especially when the voice is Kevin Conroy. What surprised me the most was Troy Baker as the voice of the Joker. Though he has been the voice of Joker before, I almost thought it was Mark Hamill until I looked up the cast. With that in mind, Baker's acting inspires me with high hopes for the Jokers future.

Overall, this Batman animated movie had a sexy, trilling, attitude which was packed full of lethal action that would please any Batman fan. A perfect 10!