The film delves into Batman’s sense of personal blame and failure, Jason Todd’s quest for vengeance, and the Joker’s psychosis. Once the Red Hood is revealed as the resurrected Jason Todd, the film becomes just as much of an emotional drama as it is action oriented. Parents should heed the PG – 13 rating, if they have smaller children.īatman: Under The Red Hood definitely has all the action and adventure that fans have come to expect from these DC Animation projects, but this is definitely something more. That is how it should be given the source material it is based on. This is the darkest, most violent film of the animated films thus far. This opening sets the pace and tone of the film. The animated adaptation effectively and rather intelligently encompasses that twenty years into the opening scene, and some well placed flashbacks throughout the piece. In the comic books this story line requires the reader to be aware of 20 years or so of continuity. When the film reopens the story jumps five years into the future. He then sets the building ablaze, Batman is too late, and is left holding Robin’s lifeless body in his arms, amidst the burning rubble, as the film cuts to the opening credits.

The film gets right to the point and opens with the Joker holding the second Robin, Jason Todd, hostage in an abandoned warehouse, as he proceeds to beat Batman’s protégé to death with a crowbar.

It also is a very accessible film for new fans of Batman, who haven’t read the books. It satisfies the comic book purist in me, who appreciates watching a faithful rendition of the graphic novel on screen. This effort is a successful, on two fundamental fronts. Batman: Under the Red Hood, for my money is the best of the lot to date. And when the Joker falls in the balance between the two, hard truths are revealed and old wounds are reopened.” I have found, that with the exception of one or two, these DC Universe animated features have improved with each subsequent instalment. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. In the film, “Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm.

The film is an adaptation of the graphic novel Batman: Under the Hood Volumes 1 & 2 written by Judd Winick and Doug Mahnke. Batman: Under the Red Hood is the latest animated feature length film released under the DC Universe animated label.

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