5/30/2023 0 Comments Batman assault on arkham![]() Two years before the Joker took over Arkham Asylum, the Clown Prince of Crime terrorises Gotham City, this time by threatening it with a dirty bomb. Heck, this was a much better Suicide Squad movie than the 2016 live-action film as it embraced the team’s darker side and their propensity for violence, while also featuring an impressive and clever story. This was an excellent and impressive film, which makes use of a darker tone and more adult animation to create a fitting Suicide Squad experience. ![]() Despite the name, Assault on Arkham is really a Suicide Squad movie, with Batman strongly featured but acting more as a side character. Directed by Jay Oliva and Ethan Spaulding, written by Heath Corson and produced by James Tucker, this was a memorable and fun DC Universe Animated Original Movie, which contains some of the best comic book based animated films out there. Therefore, this week I will look at one of these great animated films, with Batman: Assault on Arkham.Īssault on Arkham is an amazing and fantastic film that came out in 2014 and is set in the same universe as the Arkham video game franchise (set between Arkham Origins and Arkham Asylum). While people only familiar with the live-action films might think that this is a low bar, those who know about the awesome catalogue of DC Comics animated films will know that there are several awesome and outstanding films that perfectly capture the feel and tone of the supervillain team and are pretty fun to watch. For this week’s Throwback Thursday I go back and check out one of the more intriguing DC animated movies, with Batman: Assault on Arkham.Īs I mentioned in a recent Top Ten Tuesday, I have been in a DC mood ever since I saw The Suicide Squad on the weekend, which was easily the best film focusing on the titular Suicide Squad. Welcome back to my Throwback Thursday series, where I republish old reviews, review content I have enjoyed before or review older books I have only just had a chance to read. Series: DC Universe Animated Original Movies – Film 20 The result is an overly complicated, overly cynical production best only for superfans of either the Batman franchise or the video game on which this is based.Studio: Warner Bros. When the focus is almost exclusively on his enemies, that lack of contrast loses the integral part of an overall conflict that sustains the other Batman movies. Animated or not, the enigmatic Batman tends to heighten and exaggerate the flamboyance of his enemies. The relative lack of Batman to counterbalance all the bad guys and ladies also wears thin in Batman: Assault on Arkham. They're supposed to go into Arkham Asylum, but there are all these other side conflicts that get in the way of the main story. ![]() Some of the characters fight each other, others sleep together. The cast is large and unwieldy the conflicts between the Suicide Squad are nearly impossible to keep track of. The Joker's sick humor referencing his physical abuse of Harley Quinn when they were lovers comes off as, at best, an unnecessary revelation of the Joker's character (this just in: The Joker isn't very nice), and at worst, mining humor out of abuse. The cynicism comes off as excessive and glib. While the other animated movies in the DCU: Batman franchise have their fair share of cynicism and complicated storylines, this one manages to outdo them. Batman must find the bomb before it detonates, and the Suicide Squad must find a way out of Arkham before getting killed by either Waller or each other. Batman is trying to locate a dirty bomb that the Joker has hidden somewhere in Gotham. In addition, they must contend with Batman ( Kevin Conroy). Unsurprisingly, considering the egos and selfishness involved, the Suicide Squad doesn't work well together, especially when Harley Quinn sees her ex and very estranged lover the Joker locked up inside Arkham. If they fail to complete or refuse to undertake the mission, Waller will blow them up. They are ordered by Waller to infiltrate Arkham and retrieve a thumb drive hidden in the Riddler's cane. In response, Waller brings together a "Suicide Squad" of notorious criminals like Harley Quinn ( Hynden Walch), Deadshot, Killer Frost, and others. In BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM, the Riddler has been sent back to Arkham Asylum after he's nearly killed in an assassination attempt ordered by A.R.G.U.S.
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