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Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

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Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce's beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other.
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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Mixes Lovecraft and Bill Finger’s characters in to such a memorable bit of animated horror. Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Rick Bentley KGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA) The alternate universe for Batman is never explained and that leaves the story too muddled and confusing to be entertaining. The saving grace is the animation is very strong. Rated: C- Aug 9, 2023 Full Review Brian Costello Common Sense Media The central story is muddied by the gimmickry of origin stories for this or that character. It's yet another superhero animated movie that's best enjoyed by the fans, who will probably have a lot to argue about with this one. Rated: 2/5 Apr 5, 2023 Full Review Luke Y. Thompson SuperHeroHype A similar story that wasn’t full of spot-the-reference could be even better, but since this is DC, and they know their characters are the selling point, at least they’re going to crazy places. Apr 5, 2023 Full Review Jonathan Garcia Dynamic Duel Podcast A mysterious and well-paced Lovecraftian tragedy, showcasing pulp horror twists on familiar characters that will thrill fans of the Batman mythos. Rated: 4.5/5 Apr 4, 2023 Full Review Sergio Pereira CBR Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham features the darkest knight so far. Apr 3, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Benjamin A This movie, or rather the reviews for this movie, provide a perfect example of why Rotten Tomatoes provides so much value in regards to fairly gauging the impressions of others. If you left it up to the Popcornmeter, one might infer that this movie was horrible. Thankfully, the critics' reviews are tallied separately... where you can read a far more unbiased and fair collection of impressions and opinions about this movie. This is a standalone story which very artfully uses characters from the Batman lore in much different ways... While still retaining the familiarities of each respective character enough for easy recognition. This is not your typical Batman fights the bad guys story... This is a completely separate universe and reimagining of the iconic characters we've already had in a different horror type story, based on HP Lovecraft material and specifically the Cthulhu mythos. If you are a fan of both HP Lovecraft work, not necessarily the man, and are a Batman fan or even just a comic book fan in general, and like to see different artists and writers reimagine original content, I believe you'll enjoy this. Ignore the reviews which cry about characters such as Harvey Dent being used oddly. Those same folks who took the time to rate this movie poorly can't STAND to see any form of artistic license taken with their beloved characters. Their prerogative of course, but keep that in mind. Very good film, very great story. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/26/24 Full Review Isaac K The worst Batman movie I have ever watched. The story is extremely lacking and everyone dies with a single side character surviving. It is a sort of origins film with Batman dying at the end. They manage to kill two robins for no reason by a character who also dies halfway in. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/27/24 Full Review Al B What was the point of turning Harvey Dent into Two-Face? I thought he was gonna have to fight Batman. He just sat there and did nothing. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/14/24 Full Review Nicholas W This movie is a mess of characters that felt like buzz words. I didn't even care when batman died and litterly became a bat demon. This goes beyond not interesting. Don't watch it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review Chris E I personally enjoyed it. I loved the art style and the story was good enough. Only issues are many characters aren’t fleshed out well enough. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/11/24 Full Review Lancelot O The idea sounds original: set Batman and Gotham at the turn of the 18th-19th century and he has to stop some kind of Lovecraftian threat. Problem is they do very little with this beyond the artwork which is pretty good, but not overly interesting. Classic Batman and DC characters show up, but again nothing interesting is done with any of them, in fact, beyond name recognition, most of them are just boring side characters. The plot is full of mysticism and generic monsters for Batman to figure out and fight. Pretty lazy endeavor from WB, definitely one of the more forgettable animated movies which is saying something given how bland and boring a lot of recent releases have been. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce's beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other.
Director
Sam Liu
Producer
James Krieg, Sam Liu, Kimberly S. Moreau
Screenwriter
Jase Ricci
Distributor
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Production Co
Warner Bros. Animation
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Brief Partial Nudity|Some Strong Violence)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 28, 2023
Runtime
1h 26m
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