Batman: Bad Blood
Tags: good versus evil, brainwashing, flashback

Plot synopsis:
Batwoman intercepts a group of criminals in Gotham City that includes Electrocutioner, Tusk, Firefly, Killer Moth, and others. When a fight ensues, Batman arrives. They are confronted by the apparent leader of the criminals, a man called the Heretic, who detonates explosives planted within the facility. Batman flings Batwoman to safety and apparently perishes in the explosion.
Weeks later, a concerned Alfred Pennyworth sends a distress signal to Nightwing. Meanwhile, Damian Wayne watches a news report of Batman's disappearance and sets out to return to Gotham. Batwoman's civilian alter-ego, Katherine Kane, meets with her father Jacob, explaining she feels responsible for Batman's apparent death. In the past, Katherine was traumatized by an incident in which her sister Elizabeth and mother Gabrielle were abducted, held for ransom, and eventually killed by their captors, while she was the sole survivor. After her time in the military, she became a promiscuous drunkard who was saved by Batman from street thugs, which motivated her to never need to be saved again, resulting in her becoming Batwoman.
Batman apparently resurfaces and is quickly noticed by Robin and Katherine. Both of them intercept Batman and quickly deduce that it is Nightwing wearing an old version of the Batsuit. They begin their own investigations into the Heretic, unconvinced that Bruce is truly dead. The Heretic and his henchmen attack Wayne Enterprises, forcing Lucius Fox to open the way into the vault by threatening his son Luke. Though Nightwing and Damian arrive, they are unable to prevent the Heretic from escaping with Wayne technology, and Lucius is injured. Before they leave, the Heretic kills Electrocutioner when the latter is about to kill Robin.
The Heretic returns to his headquarters, where it is revealed that he is working for Talia al Ghul. They have Bruce captured and the Mad Hatter is causing him to hallucinate. The Heretic then breaks into the Batcave and kidnaps Damian. He explains that he is a clone of Damian, created by a genetics program run by Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins. They used Damian's DNA to genetically engineer a perfect soldier with accelerated growth and development, but he was the only subject of the program to survive. Due to his feeling of not being a real person, he wishes to have Damian's memories and personality implanted within his own brain, but Talia arrives and kills the Heretic. Nightwing and Batwoman then arrive, having located Damian through a tracker in his costume. They are quickly joined by Luke, clad in an advanced combat exosuit and styling himself as Batwing. The three rescue Bruce and Damian, but Talia and her henchmen escape.
Weeks pass and Bruce seems to have recovered, though he remains adamant that Katherine and Luke not be involved. After Katherine is forced to fight her father after he suddenly attacks her, Dick learns from this that Bruce is still under the effects of the Mad Hatter's mind control, though Damian is unconvinced. Luke realizes that the League of Assassins are planning to brainwash a number of world leaders at a tech summit held by Bruce. As the brainwashing takes place, Nightwing, Robin, Batwoman, Alfred, and Batwing arrive and fight Talia and her henchmen. During the fight, the Mad Hatter is killed, interrupting the mind control. Bruce, still brainwashed, defeats Nightwing. Talia then orders him to kill Nightwing and Damian, but Bruce, through Grayson's pleas, resists the brainwashing. Incensed, Talia escapes in a vessel, only for Onyx, a subordinate of the Heretic, to confront and attack her in revenge for the Heretic's death. The vessel subsequently crashes and explodes, implying their deaths. Bruce is later seen comforting Damian over Talia's supposed death. Alfred remarks to Grayson that despite Talia's madness, she was still Damian's mother.
As the Bat-Signal shines in Gotham City, Batwoman, Nightwing, and Batwing meet Batman and Robin on top of the police station to respond to a crime committed by the Penguin. On a nearby building, Batgirl observes the group and prepares to join the pursuit.

Review: In addition to temporarily being Batman, Dick must not only solve the mystery of his former mentor's disappearance, but keep his crime fighting family cohorts together.Though Batman was fairly absent throughout this movie, I thoroughly enjoyed the new roster of crime fighters added to the roster.
In the end, the story, animation and music of Batman: Bad Blood made this animated Bat film an excellent addition to the DC animated film series.7 stars..
If you enjoyed the other films DC's released since its universe restarted, this one is definitely a nobrainer.The pros are definitely good animations with some really strong pictures, crazy ideas and an interesting story that allows some character development.You could say the film tries to be an action film with story - unfortunately the fusion doesn t quite work.
Maybe he marks the point where the writers didn t have time for more plot, since Batwing really misses some dialogs to make his integration into the Batfamily somehow authentic.On the bright side of characters there is Robin, who gets just little screen time but I think they got really a lot out of it.
I think Batwoman also deserves a character-development shout out, even though I feel like she would have been more plausible if she wouldn t be the clear loser on the "Kick Ass-O-Meter".I personally feel like if the film had given the story more room, it would be a contender for the likes of Batman and the Phantom.
The movie was great as expected, I like all the characters and the story.
The animation is great also like the other recent DC comics animated movies.I would suggest to make another batman animated TV series that is related to the storyline of the movies.
I really enjoyed watching all DC Comics animated movies and TV series.
'Batman: Bad Blood' is one of the bigger disappointments and towards the weaker half of the DC animated films.
There was actually a good idea on paper here, this good idea just on the most part didn't make it on screen and this is a big shame.Starting with the good things, the best thing about 'Batman: Bad Blood' is the animation.
Morena Maccarin actually does a quite good job as Talia Al Ghul all things considered, that the character is disappointingly written does not rest at her door in terms of blame, it's the writers' fault entirely.
Some of the action is well animated and has its thrills.However, 'Batman: Bad Blood' does have a lot against it.
Namely that it has too many characters (most of them handled in a way that underwhelms), trying to include too many subplots of very variable quality, crammed into a far too short running time, meaning that the film .
For a title that indicates that it's a Batman film, even when one is reading the film's summary, there is far too little of Batman and far too much of the significantly less interesting Batwoman, who is not an interesting or well explored character at all and is instead one-dimensional, clichéd and very difficult to like let alone engage with.
The main story was potentially interesting but wasn't gritty enough or focused on enough, even getting lost amidst the attempts at developing the new characters that come off unsuccessfully.
4/10 Bethany Cox. From A Die Hard DC Comics Fan all I got to say decent Batman Movie that DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS..
This movie isn't anything new or groundbreaking like Under The Red Hood or Mask of the Phantasm but it is an improvement from Throne of Atlantis or Son of Batman.
Cons are somewhat poor story and villains, new characters could have been establish better, and the lack of Batman is disappointing.
Batwing has always been black since the new 52 and he was completely original character (like Batman Beyond Terry McGinnis) added to the Bat family.
but when the focus is almost entirely on them my interest wanes.Unfortunately that's what we have in Bad Blood - a film that focuses (poorly) on support characters at the expense of pretty much everything that has made Batman so interesting over the years.
There is no tension and little of interest save for the action sequences which aren't poor but also not entirely memorable.I own every animated Batman series and film ever released ...
Overall Batman Bad Blood is the best of these new 52 animated films, but it isn't perfect.
As far as animated movies go DC has definitely been killing it ,all the justice leagues were awesome , the superman's were super-good and until recently the batman's also have been great, until recently because for whatever reason this is the third batman movie featuring Bruce's biological son Damien who is super-lame and non existent in canon , don't get me wrong I generally love a good "else world" movie, its usually cool to see our favorite hero's and villains in a "what if" scenario but Batman the dad sucks and Damien(his son) is such a brat you just want to see him get beat up or at least punched in the mouth, I could barely make it through the film to the obvious ending.
Like every other Batman animated movies.
The whole plot with the antagonist is way out of character & does a great disservice to a long standing fan favourite.The new additions to the bat family are scraping the bottom of a chum infested barrel.
well directed as always by Jay Olivia and the series is getting better.Son of Batman was OK Batman vs Robin was good and this is slightly better than BvsR in my opinion, story is little flawed and rushed but an interesting plot.possibilities are endless !
Although Batman was largely absent during the course of the movie, it was a wise idea to let the new blood take over, at least for a while.
Nightwing (Dick Grayson) and Damien Wayne (Batman's son) fill in and try to solve the mystery of the Bat's vanishing act, and two new additions also make their appearance, Batwoman (well voiced by Yvonne Strahovski) and Lucius Fox's son, Luke.
In fact, all of the outfits are solidly drawn and Batwing's armor--shades of Ironman and War Machine--is pretty cool as well.Capably written and voiced well by the entire cast, the plot of the movie has Batman disappearing at the hands of a villain known as the Heretic.
It seems they're into mind control, and without giving too much of the plot away, they're out to get their piece of the world and need Batman in order to achieve their goal.While fans may be disappointed at not having Batman keep the lion's share of screen time, it actually works better having the replacements try to find their way in a Bat-less world.
There were no drawbacks in the voice casting from my point of view...fine work all around, and Robin Atkins-Downs as the Mad Hatter is appropriately creepy.The music was good, the direction by Oliva kept things hopping, and the animation, much like in Batman: Gotham Night, was solid.
Batman Bad Blood makes it into another collection of the dark, grim, and forgettable movies.
That's perhaps the best thing I can say.The movie was OK, but not great.The fighting and action didn't really look that good.
A lot of these animated superhero features have a lot of cool stuff in them, awesome scenes, cool characters, but Batman: Bad Blood just lacked stuff that make you go: awesome!With that being said, lots of cred and respect to the animators!
The best animated movie After the Batman:Under The Red Hood.
if you want to see robin,Nightwing,bat-girl in action along with batman watch this.Fully thrilling Story And Adventurous Ride In Batman Movies.
In general the story is like this: Bruce is out and the rest of the Bat family has to deal with out his guidance and we see how much of an impact his actions had.We also get introduced to two lesser known Bats ,Batwoman (not this from 2003 Mystery Woman) and Batwing (not the jet ;)) and I think they were good, considering what happen later with BvS and The Killing Joke.
Never the less it works for the flick so I will give it a pass.As for the voice casting and animation, we get a decent job and as I have wrote about it in Son of Batman, they have some big shoes to fill and the whole team does its best every time.And now for the future Batman film:I don't want to watch Bruce any longer.
It isn't that I don't like Batman, far from it, but this film was a proof that the rest of the Bat-Family can carry a film with out Batman and they have to get their own time in the spotlight ,for example I want a solo Nightwing movie and or see the famous black sheep of them Red Hood either in a stand alone project or in contrast with Nightwing.
Strahovski is a joy as Batwoman, Sean Maher is great (as always) in his role as Nightwing, and Jason O'Mara continues to be a good choice for Batman (watching Bruce's relationship with his son Damian unfold has been really, really entertaining).
But I persisted and stuck with it to the very end.I didn't really know many of the characters in this animated movie, so I have no clue of how true they were to their comic book origins.
And that worked quite well in favor of the animated movie, I think.The dialogue in "Batman: Bad Blood" was as to be expected and cheesy as superhero movie dialogue go.
Judging by the reviews for Son of Batman, Batman vs Robin and this movie, it's like people are in the mood to hate something and just so happen to watch this with that attitude.
What a great idea to make a movie set on Nightwing and the Bat-family rather than Batman himself for the thousandth time.
Dick, Bruce and Damian have trained their whole lives to fight crime, they are the ones who I believe can take them down, not a troubled girl with a stupid motivation or an ex soldier with nothing else to do (I'm not saying that soldiers aren't good enough, but if that were the true in DCs universe, any ex soldier could be a superhero).The rest of the movie was acceptable, but bat woman being a little c*nt from start to finish and being rewarded in the end just makes my blood boil.
First of all, I have watched the previous movie Son of Batman and Talia al Ghul was a different character compared to this movie.
In the previous movie, she would risk her life for her son and her beloved(Batman), and after watching this movie, I am baffled and curious to what happened to her that made her decide to make a clone of her son Damian and recruit a gang of villains and try to kill her family?
Oh, and fire this god awful director, he doesn't know anything about the characters he's working with, ESPECIALLY NIGHTWING, so him making a Nightwing centric movie was just a bad call..
There was a little bit of hope with Batman Vs Robin and even the animated Suicide Squad movie but after watching this trash..
after watching Batman Bad Blood, I am officially giving up on all upcoming DC animated films.
The last thing I have to call BS on about Batwoman is her fight at the end of the movie with Talia Al Ghul.
Man I hate this movie.I guess I should actually review this piece of trash, given the fact I wasted my time watching it but I just wanted to give you a little introduction about my history with DC's animated film universe.
I am not familiar with much of her origin but she is not the worst character in this by far.Nightwing was almost interesting too but really not sure what back-story they went with as it was only mentioned by himself in addressing Alfred saying "it always starts with death." Could've introduced Tim Drake whom hasn't been in much lately or another bat- disciple instead.
Biggest moment was getting his a** whooped for putting on the bat-suit then complaining about it while Bruce was gone, be lucky all Batman did was break your arm after that pathetic speech to save your life, I would've shot you half way through and blamed it on the mind control if I was Batman..Jk I wouldn't use a gun either.Damian was still the same angry kid but used to be a real contender for the next Robin til he was killed off in the new 52 and batman incorporated story lines, really sad and not sure why Batman needed the pain of his only biological son dying..Wtf were they thinking, I digress though.
That scene where Damian actually tries to give a f*** about Justice not Vengeance was so forced and ridiculous as it doesn't even matter because he couldn't save sh** and doesn't care himself as he looks blankly at the rope and says "Damn.." the writers were probably like "well at least we made it look like he gave a crap because We didn't." Not even going to address Batwing really..clearly against anything to do with helping his father or Wayne enterprise..until he finds all the cool batsh** in the vault and pretty much declares himself part of the family for just showing up with little training at all in a bat-suit like "Heeey guys, mind if I join?
It's funny how loner Batman has disappeared in the last couple movies and suddenly wants family, like where did that come from?
Seriously, Batwing shouldve just been crushed too somehow pretending like he actually was stopping a gigantic floating tower from crashing with his suits propulsion..ridiculous.I have every single animated superhero movie and non-animated as well, but you are an idiot if you think this was even a decent story, but probably great for little kids as they keep getting more g-rated each movie..
Not a good movie if you are a fan of DC animated movies or Batman.
Accepts everyone under his wing and doesn't like to be a loner anymore.So, here they are: a kid, a woman (who happens to be gay), a young adult, a black guy and a white dude.What I'm trying to say, is that instead of writing a good plot, the makers of this peace of garbage preferred to introduce new and completely useless characters in order to appeal to a wider audience and grab more money under the Batman banner.Because the story is weak guys, very weak.
I don't see how anybody could not like this movie, the plot is great and the inclusion of the bat family is great as well seeing as most batman films are solely centred around batman.
Robin and most of the bat family try to do everything they can, you could introduce both Batwing and Batwoman while doing this.
While it's a risk giving them leading roles instead of the titular characters, Batman: Bad Blood succeeds in presenting the story of a team, a family in the business of fighting crime, dysfunctional it may be.The movie follows the events from Son of Batman and Batman vs Robin.
I'll probably do 'Batman VS Robin' after this-that being the second worst-, but first lets discuss...this.The movie's villains-are crap.
I can't tell if they were coming up with a script or trying to start a band.Batwoman is easily the worst character in this movie.
I had my doubts, but I now have to recognize that the animated movies based on the "New 52" Universe of DC Comics ended up being better than I expected.
I liked Batman: Bad Blood, but I found it too ambitious for its short running time.
In barely 72 minutes (including the end credits!), the film plays with too many characters, and he introduces not one, or two, but three new members of the "Bat-family".
I'm not going to mention any spoilers, so I will just say that Batman: Bad Blood would have worked better as a simple introduction to Batwoman (real identity: Katherine Kane), one of the most controversial additions to the "Bat-family" in the comics, who undoubtedly deserved a movie for herself.
I wasn't a fan of Batwoman when she made her debut in 2006, but as the time went by, I liked the treatment this character received by other writers in more modern stories pretty much; that's why it was so frustrating to see her relegated to the background whenever Batman: Bad Blood changes its road (which happens many times), and it doesn't adequately conclude what it starts.
It's a film where the Batman team comes together which is compose of Dick Grayson aka Nightwing, Damian Wayne aka Robin, Kate Kane aka Batwoman, Luke Fox or Lucius Fox's son aka Batwing all get together to fight crime by kicking major asses.
Compared to some of the comics or animated films such as "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm".
Robin but there are facts which I don't get like with Talia she let Damian go to his father so he could train him but in this movie, she created a clone of an older version of her son to kill the Batfamily?
JM de Matteis scripts a Batman story which hardly features the titular character (not the first time this has happened).
It's quite a good story and neatly balances plot, mystery, character and action.
Well folks, that's it, only one animated Batman movie remains, and I think you know what it is.
Not bad Batman film, really liked Batwoman!.
However I made sure that one downside wouldn't let me be put off by watching this hour long film!I really liked the fighting scenes, the characters were pretty good and the fact Batwoman & Renee Montoya's realtionship was just adorable even if there wasn't really romance involved but there honestly should've been!I'll give this a 8/10.....