With Dick becoming Nightwing and Jason falling at the hands of one of his archenemies, he struggles with whether he has provided the best life for his apprentices. Jason is dead, but he has left the Joker alive. The story touches on the core of who Batman is as a hero. For the uninitiated the opening might actually work as a shocking hook. But even for those that don’t know the backstory of Dick Grayson and Jason Todd will get the emotional picture through the flashbacks woven into the production. As they get deeper into their investigation, Batman will have to confront his past and look for the truth with his enemy Ra’s Al Ghul (Jason Isaacs, HARRY POTTER).įor non-fans, the way the story begins might disorient them in how it throws the viewer right into a tragedy. Batman and Nightwing had a run-in with a version of Red Hood before, but this new enemy is extremely skilled and seems to know their every move.
Red Hood is a vigilante trying to take over the crime operations of the entire city. His original ward Dick Grayson (Neil Patrick Harris, TV’s HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER), who moved on from being Robin to don the identity of Nightwing, can’t even get him to open up.īlack Mask (Wade Williams, TV’s PRISON BREAK) has a strong arm on the drug trade in Gotham, but a new killer has moved into the picture. However, he’s more brutal and cold than ever. Struggling to cope with the loss, Batman continues his crusade against the underbelly of Gotham City. Batman (Bruce Greenwood, STAR TREK) races to save him, but as he arrives and explosion rocks the building and he carries out the body of his dead ward Jason Todd (Jensen Ackles, TV’s SUPERNATURAL). Shockingly the story begins with The Joker (John DiMaggio, TV’s FUTURAMA) beating Robin with a crowbar. The production from Warner Premiere takes the "Under the Hood" story arc from the comics and creates the best filmic treatment of the relationship between Batman and Robin. Get your copy now before some 'Joker' takes them all.This character-driven animated feature reminded me of the landmark BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. Also included is a trailer for the upcoming Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. The disc also includes four episodes from Batman: The Animated Series, Season One, chosen by long-time Batman and DCU Animations producer Bruce Timm.
A second feature, Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson, explores the evolution of the character from being Batman's sidekick to becoming Nightwing. The Blu-Ray version of the film has special features including Robin's Requiem: The Tale of Jason Todd, which explains how DC Comics reshaped the Robin character for the new millennium after an outcry by fans. Batman is ready to take him on, but the Red Hood might just be as skilled as the Caped Crusader. Now a new villain known as the Red Hood has started a hostile takeover of Gotham's underworld. Dick's successor, Jason Todd, was not so lucky: he was brutally beaten by the Joker and killed in a bomb explosion five years previously, leaving Batman scarred and battling the forces of Gotham's underworld alone. Batman returns to the small screen in a new animated movie, Batman Under the Red Hood, a film packed with action and a few surprising twists that would baffle even the Riddler.īatman's protégé, Dick Grayson, or Robin, now fights crime independently as Nightwing.
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