Director: Jay Oliva
Writers: J.M. DeMatteis, Bob Kane (characters), 2 more credits »
Storyline
Damian Wayne is having a hard time coping with his father's "no killing" rule. Meanwhile, Gotham is going through he'll with threats such as the insane filmmaker, and the secretive Court of Owls.
User Reviews:
I am going to be completely honest. Besides from Batman: The animated series, i have never seen any of the animated Batman movies. I saw all the live action ones but the animated ones just never seemed important to me. I decided to watch Batman vs Robin with high hopes and at times it is absolutely as enjoyable as i expected, but it was never as good as i would have liked.
First of all the title is misleading. There is a fight scene between Batman and Robin which for the most part is entertaining but that is the only real conflict we get because at heart this is a father and son movie where they have a slight clash.. Batman vs Robin isn't really how it feels but i suppose calling it Batman & Robin was off the cards because well.. lets leave that in the past. Anyway the plot centres around Bruce Wayne's son Damian and is supposedly a follow up to Son of Batman but like i said i never watched it. What i like most about Batman vs Robin is it is based off of The court of Owls graphic novel which i love. But it never quite tells the story as well.. come to think of this the film could have taken the same name. Anyway as i said Damian Wayne AKA Robin is sick of being a sidekick to Batman and his no killing policy so joins the Court of Owls.. Batman rescues him and not much more happens really.. the fight at the end was cool and everything featuring Nightwing in the mix of heroes but it just sort of happens.. same with the title fight between Batman and Robin. Also the reveal of the villain was kinda obvious now i think of it. This isn't a bad movie, but it could have been made better
That being said the animation is great and the fight scenes and action scenes we get are supremely enjoyable. I didn't care much for the voice acting either. The voice actor for Robin came across as annoying and Batman didn't sound an awful lot like Batman.. however i don't know if the other movies are the same and i got used to it pretty quickly. Although probably my biggest gripe is the fact i was hyped to see Weird Al Yankovich was voicing the Dollmaker and he was awesome in the time he got.. but he wasn't the main villain which disappointed me and he had all of 5 minutes screen time at the beginning and is never heard from again.. what a disappointment. Although the antagonist Talon who takes Robin under his wing was awesome and probably my favourite character.
in the end i was a little disappointed and feel cheated by the title.. but Batman vs Robin still entertains and as a fan of Batman i say it is worth a watch. Just don't expect a masterpiece. I heard Under the Red Hood was great so I'm eager to check that out.. maybe it will be the masterpiece i am looking for.