Batman: Death in the Family

2020 • 95 minutes

About this movie

Batman: Death in the Family: Trained as Batman’s protégé, Jason Todd brings a relentless sense of justice as Robin, who sets his sights on bringing down the Joker. But can Batman save Robin from a fate worse than death? Tragedy, revenge and redemption await in this groundbreaking DC film! Who will live? Who will die? Who will watch over Gotham? Also includes 4 additional DC Showcase Shorts: Adam Strange, Sgt. Rock, The Phantom Stranger, and Death.

Ratings and reviews

I am not sure what I was expecting, but it certainly was not for the the red hood film to be be boiled down to a 30-minute short. I am exceedingly underwhelmed and if you have already purchased "Batman: Under the Red Hood", you will miss virtually nothing in watching the first segment in this film outside of seeing Bruce Wayne retelling the story to Clark Kent. The other DC shorts are interesting, it still feels like a needless cash grab. My fault, I suppose, for "rebuying" a film I already own.

This is a very distant relation to the comic and worse still it's a recycled version of Batman under the red hood. It literally uses a lot of footage. That story lasts for 38 minutes. The rest of the movie is filled of random stories not related to Batman. It's a massive disgusting con. On high speed BB it doesn't play well on my lg smart TV. Other movies work fine that I have rented. So it's 38 minutes of choppy playing recycled Batman footage and some random army story minus Batman.

This shouldn't have been marketed as a new batman animated film. It's basically 'Under the Red Hood' compacted into a short story narated by batman to superman over a cup of coffee. Then a bunch of short stories from other characters in the DC universe. The short stories are ok, but it seems like a dishonest tactic to try sell this under the name of batman.