DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family

“The fate of Gotham is in your hands.”

7.1

2020

31m

AnimationAction

Director: Brandon Vietti

Overview

Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.

Trailer

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Cast

Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)

Jason Todd / Robin / Red Hood / Red Robin (voice)

Vincent Martella

Jason Todd / Robin / Red Hood / Red Robin (voice)

Jack Napier / The Joker / Thomas Wayne / Reporter 2 (voice)

John DiMaggio

Jack Napier / The Joker / Thomas Wayne / Reporter 2 (voice)

Talia al Ghul / Reporter 3 (voice)

Zehra Fazal

Talia al Ghul / Reporter 3 (voice)

Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)

Gary Cole

Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)

Police Officer 1 / Reporter 1 (voice)

Kimberly Brooks

Police Officer 1 / Reporter 1 (voice)

Clark Kent / Police Officer 2 (voice)

Nolan North

Clark Kent / Police Officer 2 (voice)

Tim Drake / Young Bruce Wayne (voice)

Nick Carson

Tim Drake / Young Bruce Wayne (voice)

Gangster 1 (voice)

Keith Ferguson

Gangster 1 (voice)

Noris (voice)

Ray Chase

Noris (voice)

Death (voice)

Jamie Chung

Death (voice)

Foreman (voice)

Roger Cross

Foreman (voice)

Reviews

wildhunt1

Overall Grade: 3.1/5 Letter Grade: B- Star Grade: 2.5/5, 5/10 I bought this movie, excited to finally see "A Death in the Family" in animated form. DC has rarely disappointed me with their movies, but I have to say... this one was a humongous disappointment. I mean, this movie sucked. It was nothing but a 30 minute recap of "Under the Red Hood" with a little bit of "Death in the Family" thrown in at the beginning, followed by 4 DC Showcase movies I didn't give a crap about. The only reason for as high a grade as it gets is because of the animation and voice acting. Otherwise, total waste of time. And the digital version doesn't even give you the interactive capabilities, meaning you're losing stuff that the blu-ray has. I want my money back, DC, and I've never said that about your movies before.

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CueBert

Wow. This is as disappointing as wildhunt1 wrote. This is 30 min of Batman narrating a storyline that WAS interesting and took years to tell. It’s Batman’s version of Winder Soldier comics. No, I don’t know who did which first. Anyway, DC animated movies are usually very well done across the boards. This one is...if you want the dehydrated version. Really, it’s kind of pointless. It would make sense if it was the prologue to a Red Hood or Jason Todd reborn movie. There is no teeth to this story. It’s sad.

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