Sadly, Nightwing doesn’t get much screen time and you’ll likely wish he had more. His character is the prodigal son who has struck out on his own Nightwing provides a nice counterpoint to Todd’s Red Hood. I always liked his turn as The Flash in Justice League: New Frontier, and Harris provides Grayson with that same plucky self-assurance. Neil Patrick Harris fills the role of Dick Grayson/Nightwing, the original Robin. Di Maggio’s Joker is cruel, calculating and thoroughly insane. Prolific voice actor John Di Maggio ( Futurama, Gears of War) steps in for Mark Hamill as the Joker His portrayal is similar to Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight than anything else, though he makes the role his own. The voice cast is for the most part very solid. It isn’t until a new player calling himself the Red Hood begins taking over Gotham City’s underworld that Wayne is given a chance to atone for his past. The two represented Bruce Wayne’s greatest success and most crushing failure. In the guise of Nightwing, Grayson would go on to become a successful hero in his own right whereas Todd, after a tumulteous stint as the Boy Wonder, would end up being brutally murdered by the Joker. Grayson was a gifted athlete, master strategist and natural leader while Todd was a brash, reckless and angry youth that often took things too far. Though they had both lost their parents to criminal elements, the two Robins could not have been more different. But the real focus of Under the Red Hood is the relationship between Bruce Wayne and his first two proteges: Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. Of the Dark Knight’s rogues gallery, the Joker, Black Mask and Ra’s al Ghul all figure prominently in the story-the Riddler even has a small cameo in the film.
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When you consider that the movie is only about 75 minutes long, it’s amazing how much they manage to pack into Under the Red Hood. That’s not to say that it isn’t an interesting relationship or that great story opportunities haven’t arisen from the pairing, I just prefer my Batman lonely, dark and brooding. I have a hard time squaring the solo Batman with the Batman who has a sidekick to me they feel like two very different characters.
Batman: Under the Red Hood succeeds for the most part, bridging these two tales in a way that is both satisfying and action packed, while leaving an obscene amount of essentially useless continuity safely out of the picture.Īs a preface to this review, I should state that I’m not much of a Robin fan. The former was significant because it featured the murder of Jason Todd-the second Robin-at the hands of the Joker while the latter destroyed the lasting impact of Jason’s loss by bringing him back from the dead in a rather ridiculous and convoluted manner. The film is based on two well known Batman comic book stories: the groundbreaking 1980’s arc A Death in the Family and the controversial 2005 arc Under the Hood. Batman: Under the Red Hood is the latest DC Comics animated film from Warner Premiere and WB Animation.
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