8.05.2012
Batman: Under the Red Hood
PG-13, 75 minutes
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Overall Grade: B+
So there is a lot of Bat!canon that I don't know about apparently - like multiple Robins. Anyway, the story begins with Joker torturing and killing off the (second?) Robin, one Jason Todd, before Batman can save him. Flash forward 5 years and a mysterious new character, Red Hood, shows up in Gotham. Part vigilante, part crime lord, using a red hood disguise that many have used before. This mysterious man says and does things that make the ever-angsty Bruce Wayne think that maybe Jason Todd isn't so dead. But then, what happened to him?
Lots of action. Bat angst. Banter from two former Robins. Worth the 75 minutes, even if you swim in the Marvel universe like me.
Labels: genre: animated, genre: superhero/villian, media: DVD