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DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family

Directed by Brandon Vietti

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. From TMDB

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DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family is a 2020 animation action film, directed by Brandon Vietti, starring Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Martella and John DiMaggio.

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CueBert @CueBertTMDB reviews · Dec 8, 2023
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…
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wildhunt1 @wildhunt1TMDB reviews · Oct 14, 2020
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…
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