DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family

2020 31 min ★ 7.1 Animation, Action

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.

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Cast

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)

Vincent Martella

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

John DiMaggio

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

Zehra Fazal

Talia al Ghul / Reporter 3 (voice)

Gary Cole

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

Kimberly Brooks

Police Officer 1 / Reporter 1 (voice)

Nolan North

Clark Kent / Police Officer 2 (voice)

Nick Carson

Tim Drake / Young Bruce Wayne (voice)

Keith Ferguson

Gangster 1 (voice)

Ray Chase

Noris (voice)

Details

Director

Brandon Vietti

Tagline

"The fate of Gotham is in your hands."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Warner Bros. Animation, DC

Reviews

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wildhunt1

October 14, 2020

★ 5/10

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" t...

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CueBert

December 8, 2023

★ 4/10

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 se...