BATMAN - UNDER THE RED HOOD
This shows the "death" of Robin(Jason Todd) at the
beginning, then flows into a story of a vigilante
out for vengeance!!! No Kevin Conroy, no Efram
Zimbalist Jr., no Mark Hammil! But it does have
Nightwing(Dick Greyson, the original Robin), and
Robin! Kind of depressing, but still a good movie! A-
From an IMDb.com customer
I had my hesitations about another DC Animated
Universe movie, since Justice League: Crisis on
Two Earths wasn't particularly sterling and came
across as a mediocre production. However, this
title refilled me with faith for Bruce Timm as a
producer, and DCAU films in general.
Bruce Greenwood does a phenomenal Batman
and Neal Patrick Harris complements him beautifully
as Nightwing. However the shocker performance
comes out of John Di Maggio, as The Joker, who
helps the plot to flow elegantly from drama, to
dark comedy. Though at times his voice reminds
me more of Bender from Futurama, the
performance was nothing short of stellar. I'd
love to see him in future DCAU works to
reprise his role as the Clown Prince of
Crime, especially if Mark Hamill retires his
clown suit.<>
While this is definitely one of my favorite
story arcs in the Batman mythos, when I had
watched the "First Look" segment for this
movie I had my doubts as to whether or not
they'd be able to fit such a large amount of
content into their usual length animated film.
However every bit of the storyline is fleshed
out and you feel informed without being
overloaded. As I've stated earlier it melds
intense action, dark comedy, and tear-jerking
drama together so well you'll watch it again
and again.
To be honest, the finale for this was done
perfectly. However, I won't spoil even a
fraction of it.
You'll have to take your own look Under
the Red Hood.
P.S. With cover art by Alex Ross, what other
reason do you need to have this on your
DVD shelf? - zombybeaver