Batman: Assault on Arkham

Plot synopsis:
Batman rescues Riddler from a black ops assassination ordered by Amanda Waller, returning him to Arkham Asylum. Invoking Priority Ultraviolet, Waller captures criminals Black Spider, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, KGBeast, Killer Frost and King Shark for the Suicide Squad. Their mission is to break into Arkham and recover a thumbdrive in the Riddler's cane. While in Waller's employ, Riddler copied information on the squad to make it public knowledge. She forces compliance by threatening to detonate nano-bombs implanted in their necks. KGBeast, who believes it's a bluff, walks out on Waller and is killed as an example to the others.
The six are sent to Gotham City, where Penguin has been hired by Waller to give them arms, equipment, and a place to stay, although he is angry with Harley and Joker for tossing his cigarettes in the harbor for a laugh. Deadshot repeatedly clashes with Boomerang as the latter does not respect his leadership of the group. To get to Arkham, Harley breaks into a doll store and begins trashing it. Batman arrives, demanding she tell him where Joker hid a dirty bomb; Batman has been ransacking the city in search of it, even resorting to interrogating Riddler for answers. This is also a dead end, as Harley has no clue where the bomb is located; Batman is forced to send her back to Arkham.
At Arkham, Harley encounters the Joker, who begins taunting how he previously kicked her out of a car, and ends up lashing out by attempting to shoot him with a stolen gun, only to fail in doing so due to the Joker's bulletproof prison cell. This distraction allows the others to infiltrate Arkham in disguises. Black Spider causes an explosion, putting the asylum on Yellow Alert; King Shark suggests playing the previous day's footage to keep both Batman and Waller from noticing them. Despite some in-fighting, the team manages to get to the storage room, where they find Riddler's cane and Harley's mallet. Batman arrives, as the footage showed employees who had that day off, fighting the squad until Black Spider pins him during an explosion; Black Spider later emerges with Batman's belt as his trophy. However, they then notice Killer Frost is missing. It turns out Frost was tasked by Waller to kill Riddler; however, he reveals Waller can't kill him with a nano bomb because he knows how to defuse it. The rest of the squad find her and Riddler outside the Medical Facility; they agree to help Riddler escape if he can defuse the bombs. Unfortunately, Joker also manages to escape as Harley's attack weakened his cell.
Riddler hooks the squad up to the electro shock machine, minus Black Spider as he wishes to stand guard. At the same time, a dazed Batman wanders around and is found by the Joker, who sneaks up to shoot him. Riddler turns on the machine as Waller calls for an update; seeing the bombs' signals fading and learning of the squad's betrayal, she activates them. Harley, Deadshot, Boomerang and Frost survive, but King Shark's head explodes; oddly so does Batman's before Joker can shoot him. Riddler begins laughing as the squad hasn't figured out that "Black Spider" is Batman; revealing himself, Batman demands to know why the squad is in Arkham, only for the Joker to arrive and start shooting at everyone. Harley manages to sweet-talk the Joker into forgiving her, and Deadshot manages to "out-crazy" Joker to scare him away. It's then revealed Joker had hidden the dirty bomb in Harley's mallet, which he then activates. Joker broadcasts to Arkham, telling Batman and the squad that soon Gotham will be destroyed; he releases the inmates as a distraction to allow him to escape. Deadshot manages to escape in a helicopter, while Frost is presumably killed in the chaos by Bane and Deadshot and Captain Boomerang battle for who escapes in the helicopter with Deadshot tackling him out and leaving him to be arrested. Batman notices three heartbeats coming from the helicopter, realizing Joker and Harley stowed away.
Batman follows them in the batwing, ending up crashing the helicopter into a building. Batman knocks out Harley and disarms the bomb. At the same time, Joker and Deadshot fight as Joker is not pleased with Deadshot touching his "property" - Harley. Badly beaten, Deadshot manages to pin Joker to the inside of the helicopter as it crashes to the ground. Batman later meets with Waller, warning her to discontinue the Suicide Squad program. Waller tells him that they never found Joker's body. The moment Batman leaves, Waller finds a laser pointing at her; the camera backtracks to where the laser is coming from - it's Deadshot. Now free and reunited with his daughter, Deadshot wants revenge on Waller. The movie ends before he pulls the trigger.

Tags: violence, dark, cruelty, murder, sadist

Review:
No but seriously, Aussault on Arkham did many things right, the characters are fun (especially Boomerang who is the major comic relief in this movie, the Joker and of course Quinn), the action is pretty awesome and there were some very fine One-Liners also.What I liked the most was the very mature style of the movie, there is blood spilled, heads are blown of and teeth get punched in but nothing is never totally over the top (as many already said it's very surprising Assault on Arkham was rated PG-13 and not R).Altogether I liked: -gritty style -mature humor -well animated action/fight scenes -actuall plot surprises -real fight consequences (villains DIE, and don't flee with a black eye) -GREAT voice actingNow for the things I did not like: -not enough Joker (yes his role was pretty major but it was not quite enough screen time for my taste)-overall to short (71 mins?
In my opinion, it's about time Warner Brothers created a Batman animated movie based on the atmosphere of the Arkham games as it is so popular with the fans.
Interestingly enough, this movie focuses more on a criminal special task force created by Amanda Waller, who also created the Suicide Squad, rather than Batman; however, there was still enough of Batman to satisfy our Dark Knight needs especially when the voice is Kevin Conroy.
With that in mind, Baker's acting inspires me with high hopes for the Jokers future.Overall, this Batman animated movie had a sexy, trilling, attitude which was packed full of lethal action that would please any Batman fan.
It's weird that you'll ever find yourself rooting for the bad guys to win and "Assault on Arkham" makes you do this exactly.The film introduces you to an ensemble of villains, given an objective that depends on their lives.
You find yourself quite absorbed in the plot and the characters as they interact with each other (not always harmoniously), almost wanting to see them succeed when going to the lengths that they do.If you're turning this film on expecting it to be a "Batman" film then you may be disappointed to know that he only appears for a few minutes at a time and that the central focus actually lies on the Suicide Squad, but, knowing this in advance allows you to enjoy and appreciate the film a lot more.
Thankfully, I was informed of this beforehand and equally loved seeing either Batman or his adversaries on-screen, therefore making it all the more exciting to see them all appear at once at the same time.The animation and art style is great and superb voice acting by Kevin Conroy (Batman), Troy Baker (The Joker), Neal McDonough (Deadshot) and pretty much everyone else; they really bring the characters to life, especially Conroy who has been voicing the caped crusader for decades and practically knows the character inside out.My only issue with "Batman: Assault on Arkham" is that it is too short, especially when the film gets going in the final act and has a lot to potentially offer but doesn't really have the time or room to explore.
This is a good animated film and definitely worth the watch if you're a Batman fan, especially if you're familiar with the "Batman: Arkham" video game series..
Each member of Task Force X gets their own chance to shine in a different way and i was on board with each character so well that I was rooting for them more than i was for Batman by the end of it.DC can be hit and miss with their animated features, and this is in the ranks as being one of the best they have developed so far.
These sociopathic misfits have to put aside their differences to work together, lest they "lose their heads".Playing out like a good ol fashioned heist film in the vein of THE Italian JOB or OCEAN'S ELEVEN, we see six villains assembled by Amanda Waller and sent on a mission impossible deep into the heart of the dreaded Arkham Asylum to retrieve a thumb drive containing sensitive information, that was in the Riddler's possession.
Quite possibly the best DC film to date.Top notch character development, particularly for underused characters.Top notch writing, something sorely lacking in Hollywood in general.Top notch animation with so many brilliant subtleties.Top notch directing...no wasted scenes.Before watching this, if you are a true fan, seriously go through every episode of Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond, and Young Justice.
It's really not that big of a surprise to find out that "Batman: Assault on Arkham" is a much better Suicide Squad movie than the one with Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang), Jerod Leto ("The Joker), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn) and Will Smith.
The Squad most infiltrate Arkham Asylum, find the Riddler and get the device before reveals the secrets to even worse villains.This film really does a good job at capturing how expendable each character is to the mission.
She had the right amount of sweet with a side of insane.Action scenes were fun for the most part, as there was a scene or two where they maybe went a little to over the top even for an animation movie.This was a fun watch and if you are a fan of the Suicide Squad, you most definitely have to see this..
This is far more Edgy.The movie takes elements from the recent run of Suicide Squad of the new 52s revamp at DC comics and mixes it with elements of the Batman Akrham game series.
lady Waller (CCH Pounder) recruits Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, Black Spider, King Shark, and Killer Frost to break into Arkham Asylum undetected and steal something belonging to the Riddler before finding and defusing a dirty bomb hidden by the Joker.
Based on the so-called "Suicide Squad", 'Batman: Assault on Arkham' plays like a 'Dirty Dozen' comprised of mostly B-list Batman villains.
While Assault deftly weaves faves into the narrative – Riddler catalyzes the whole plot, Penguin's a contact the Squad has to hit up; Jim Gordon inevitably brings in the cavalry – Squad 1 shoe horns Batman, Joker, and The Flash into the plot as superfluous pot-boilers.Overall, not only does Arkham Assault totally blow Suicide Squad away in terms of dialogue, plot, pacing, and character development, but it also could take on most heist classics as a genre buster!
The most important part of the whole thing though, is one very surprising and subjective detail: Everyone has a favorite version of Joker, and I found mine here.Like all fans of Batman the Animated Series, once you hear Mark Hamill do Joker voice you never wanna sully your ears with anyone else's cadence.
This is a pretty good movie.It's got Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Killer Frost, Black Spider, Captain Boomerang, KGBeast, and King Shark press-ganged into forming the Suicide Squad to infiltrate Arkham Asylum and get out with Riddler's secrets that may ruin Amanda Waller if they're posted on the internet.
Character designs are appealing to look at, and strangely enough, it seemed like Harley and Killer Frost couldn't keep their freaking shirts on for more than five minutes at a time within the first half hour of the movie.
Not that that's something to complain much about, but it was a little bit distracting in terms of "Was that REALLY necessary?"Batman sits in the back seat of his own movie for once, which is actually a good thing because the film wasn't meant to be entirely focused on him, but more on the Suicide Squad.
It got kind of tedious after a while but everyone improved in the second half of the film as things started to fly.Really, it's a Batman movie with good characters, a plot that was clearly thought out, and plenty of violence and *ahem* titillation to go around.
Based on a video game I haven't played, this animated movie is about the Suicide Squad, not Batman.
Despite having the hero's name on the title, Batman: Assault on Arkham mainly focuses on Suicide Squad, a ragtag group of villains brought together by their needs to not die.
These characters' interactions are fun to watch, though it may be odd rooting for the villains, a fact that they constantly emphasize with conniving acts or outright homicidal urges.Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Killer Frost and others unfortunate bad guys are roofied and herded together to Amanda Wheeler who then gives them a task to retrieve sensitive files from The Riddler.
Batman is still around, he gets his equal share of impactful screen time as he inevitably enters the fray, otherwise it wouldn't be called a Batman movie.Animation is great, with design for the character, city streets and Arkham itself looking exceptionally smooth.
'Batman: Assault On Arkham (2014)' is the movie that 'Suicide Squad (2016)' should have been.
I'm struggling to find a reason to really like Assault on Arkham; Kevin Conroy back as Batman would be a positive if it wasn't for the fact Batman is a secondary character in his own movie.
The film struggles to make us really care about the suicide squad, Deadshot is the only character given tiny glimpses of back story, so when poo hits the fan, you're not entirely invested in what happens.
What was thought to be a Suicide Squad game/DLC culminated in being a DC Animated movie, Batman Assault On Arkham is the latest offering from DCU Animated and for once DC has focused on the antagonists of Gotham instead of the Dark Knight himself.
and the voice acting had Kevin Conroy as Batman (because he IS Batman) Troy Baker as the Joker (he took over for Mark Hamil in origin and did a damn good job) And Neal MacDonald as Deadshot (honestly he was my favorite in the whole movie) surprisingly absent was Tara Strong as Harley Quinn, who has done the voice since taking over for Arleen Sorkin.
Of course the stakes got raised in the film, but it wouldn't have worked if it had been some other character who was less of a bad-ass, or one who you didn't believe when they turn to the guy sending him on the message and say "When I come back, I'm going to kill you." Assault on Arkham is basically that story with about 7 or 8 more criminals (I forget how many, the list is quite long), and they all make up what's dubbed the "Suicide Squad", which has been a thing in the comics for a while and will be a feature film in summer 2016.This may actually work as a strong primer for that film, and I have to wonder if the story will be able to trump this if only on the basis of the directness of the mission: Amanda Waller puts this group together (it's uncertain if they've worked together before but my guess is an emphatic no) and they are fit with explosive devices in their neck.
Of course the twist is that this group can't really do it that way, since they are rough bastards and killers and mercenaries and psychos (the funniest of the lot being Harley Quinn, or just the most unpredictable by way of being Joker's former fling, which comes into play in this story).I haven't mentioned Batman yet because he is actually a supporting character here - why he is on the DVD box-art is, I assume, because people like King Shark and Killer Frost are basically total unknowns (there's even a threat/taunt from one character to another as a "C-Lister"), and most people wouldn't purchase it unless the main attraction got featured.
The fun and entertainment of the story comes from this group, and the twists and turns that the story invariably takes; what is Nygma *really* up to; does the Joker really have a dirty bomb; can electro-shock treatment really undo the buzzers that will kill the Squad; how many ice puns can be thrown about (actually, it's just one, but the reaction of one character to the pun is about perfect as possible).There's some wonderful action and intense fights, a relatively new (very good) replacement for Mark Hammil as the voice of the Joker, and maybe just a little too much in the way of being so edgy to get a PG-13 (the language is somewhat expected, not so much the sex, but hey whatever, kids gotta learn sometime).
Ironically, this animated film is more 'grown up' than the Suicide Squad movie.All the characters are interesting; the dialogue snappy; the plot full of twists and double crosses.Perhaps DC should stick to this..
I'm not very familiarized with the Batman Arkham video game series, but I certainly liked this movie very much!Something that highlights this this movie from the other animated Batman films is that the story is told from the point of view of the villains in contrary to the others.
Definitely not for very young children, unless they're mature enough to handle it.Overall, definitely worth to watch if you wish to know more about the members of the suicide squad and even if you don't like animated superhero movies, believe me...this one will really surprised you.Thank you for reading!
The dynamic between the suicide team (Harley Quinn, Killer Shark, Killer Cross, Black Spider, Boomerang, and Deadshot) is extremely entertaining and sure to please comic book fans and the non-introduced alike.The personalities were on point, the jokes and dark humor were perfect, and since this animated film is pg-13 the movie was able to hint at the depravity and insanity that is Gotham city.
He is no longer the guy who directed hits like: Dr. Strange, The Invincible Iron Man, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.This animated film is not for children since there is nudity and sexual overtones, graphic violence and swearing.Plot: The Riddler is rescued from a black ops assassination and returned to Arkham Asylum after being captured by Batman.
I would also like to mention that the tone from Batman: Assault on Arkham is slightly more adult than in other DC Comics animated films.
"Batman: Assault on Arkham" was a rather nice and fun animated movie.
Black Spider, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Killer Frost, KGBeast, and King Shark are all forced to comply to her wishes thanks to an explosive planted in their necks which Waller can detonate if they won't fulfill her demands.One thing DC animated movie buffs will be happy about is the return of Kevin Conroy in the role of Batman.
I'm a big fan of all the Batman universe since 1992: The Animated Series was my first approach to the Dark Knight and since then I got obsessed, trying to read/watch/play everything that I could reach.This premise is just to say that I really would have liked that this movie was something slightly acceptable but actually, from my point of view, it's just wrong from that sort of sitcom opening title introducing the characters to that horrid, inappropriate soundtrack.It's not difficult to understand from the beginning, by the explicit contents, that this movie is clearly for a more adult audience but, in the end, it results more childish and ridiculous than any other Batman cartoon movie till now.The plot (Amanda Waller recruits the Suicide Squad to break into Arkham and collect information from the Riddler) becomes more and more inconsistent as time goes by, to the point that the movie seems to be based more on the characters' lame jokes (some of those are really really bad) than the actual development of the story that often flows without any kind of logic up to the last part with the liberation of the Arkham inmates that it's a clear reference of the Arkham games but if, in the games, the takeover of the prison by his residents takes more dilated times, the really short times (it takes like two seconds for Bane or Scarecrow to get their equipment) in this movie just don't make any sense and don't make justice to the games at all.The characters are poorly written and too much stereotyped and their behaviours are often idiotic and, again, illogical (just one example: King Shark has fear of heights just in that particular moment?
Just as a note don't show this to children it is too mature for them.But if you love the Batman Arkham games you might like this movie..
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.
I liked the live action suicide squad movie but this is so much better!.
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.
The movie is simply so loaded with interesting characters that you don't miss Batman at all, and his presence isn't as needed here, seeing as you have amazing personalities like Deadshot's or Harley Quin or The Joker.
Kevin Conroy doing the voice of Batman is awesome and, finally, DC is very awesome at making animated films about their comics and their characters so, it is no surprise, "Batman: Assault on Arkham" is awesome.Like all DC animated features, the film features great animation and killer action that doesn't shy away from getting dark, gritty and hardcore (they don't fear adding a little blood here and there).
Finally, the film has a great story that is capable of making Batman a side-character without feeling like he's being pushed out of the spotlight.