Batman: Assault on Arkham

2014 "Get ready to root for the bad guys."
7.4| 1h16m| PG-13| en
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Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.

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Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
dissident320 I couldn't help but stack this against the live action Suicide Squad movie. Even though the plot is quite different, I wanted to see how they handled character introductions and story setup. In both those aspects this movie is miles ahead of Suicide Squad. The character introductions take up less than 10 minutes and are efficient yet fun. The setup for the story is straight-forward as well and doesn't get bogged down with too many characters.I fully admit to not know what was taken from the comics story-wise but I was kind of fascinated how the Suicide Squad movie does include a lot of the same elements. The Joker does make an appearance but it makes much more sense to include him as he is a part of the main storyline. Batman is in a few minutes too which is explained because he is busy with another problem but does have some bearing on the story.I thought the squad was a lot of fun and the movie didn't lose me until they released everyone at Arkham and then it was just a super-villain fest. It's worth seeing if only to lament what could have been a good Suicide Squad live-action movie if they took more cues from this.
talarisw I liked the live action movie by David Ayers with Will Smith and Margo Robbie but this animated one, released 2 years before the live action one is much better. What makes this one better then the Ayer's one is the great writing. They simply did a better job at putting together a strong story then Ayers did. With the Ayers movie it felt like they had good characters but never were able to make the story come together. This movie succeeds at that tremendously. This is a movie that is able to somehow make the riddler and the joker(my two favorite batman villains) both be the main villain and make it work perfectly. It was a cool idea making the riddler be the reason why Waller needs the squad. Also I love that the actor from criminal minds who plays Spencer Reid is voicing the riddler. Perfect casting. Unlike the live action one the squad is shown to be a top secrete off the books covert assignment, which is the way the squad is suppose to be. Not that we need them to protect us from a evil superman. The film wastes no time and gets right into it. They do a great job at setting up the riddler and Waller then we get a quick and nice introduction to the squad. Their mission is simple and it has a nice plot twist that makes sense and makes riddler more important to the plot. The film also does a good job at balancing it's characters, with the live action movie it kind of felt like the deadshot and Harley Quinn show while the other characters were sideline. This film showcases everyone nicely and does this without giving us a whole lot of(if any) backstory for the characters. The movie has a nice heist element as we seem them try to break into Arkham. Something that was lacking in the live action one. Also one of my problems with the Ayers movie was that the villains weren't villainous enough but here we see them turn against each other and are never really depicted as being heroes. I also like the overall more edge this movie has compare to the Ayers movie. Another problem I had with the Ayers movie was the lack of Joker. However in this movie we get to see much more joker and I like how he works in the movie. He's not the main focus but still important to the story. I like how this movie never really gives us an official main villain. It's basically just a movie with a bunch of bad guys and batman in the middle of everything but it's woven together so nicely it never feels convoluted. We also get cameos by other batman villains. Also I really like this interpretation of Harley Quinn, Hayden Welch voice is great I think they captured her personality perfectly. I also like Troy Baker as the Joker. I honestly thought it was Mark Hammil doing the voice. I also love the animation it almost felt like a live action movie. One of my favorites from D.C. animation!
ippolito-25867 I made the mistake of watching this movie with my son before reading any reviews - I will never make this mistake again. This "cartoon" should definitely have been R-rated. The violence that is shown or implied is truly gruesome, and the female characters are vulgarly sexualized. The entire story is nothing but a series of double-crosses and gruesome deaths, with blood squirting all over the place and characters' heads exploding. Batman himself is a minor character, which almost amounts to false advertising. Viewers expecting a Batman adventure will be sorely disappointed; this movie appeals to the basest instincts of young men brutalized by gory video games. Shame on the producers of this drivel!
Irishchatter I really didn't think that there ever was a Suicide Squad based film before until I've just seen this moments ago. I cannot wait for the real life movie coming out in Summer this year. It's gonna be so exciting to see Will Smith and Margot Robbie acting together again! Anyways let's talk about this film at this moment! I really liked the story in this, it was easy to understand what's happening among themselves and Batman. There has been lots of changes between the superheroes and super villains. Even though I thought Harley Quin acted like herself but with her outfit being skimpy and her personality really changing a lot. She was like being crazy to sexy, she probably stole Catwoman ' s attitude and probably made her costume into Halle Berry's Catwoman costume. Even though it's a bit gory in this film, it's still good! Well done DC!