For this week’s Super Sunday film, I went the animated route after I saw the title Batman: Assault On Arkham sitting on the shelf at one of my local stores. Ever since DC Comics announced that they were going to make a Suicide Squad film (to be directed by David Ayer), I’ve been snagging all I could on them. The film starts off with The Riddler (Voiced by Matthew Gray Gubler) getting double crossed by Amanda Waller (voiced by CCH Pounder), the head of a government division, who wants to get rid of him, but instead he is caught and thrown into Arkham Asylum by Batman (voiced by Kevin Conroy). While Batman looks to find a bomb implanted by The Joker that could harm all the citizens of Gotham, Amanda is busy assembling her new special ops team The Suicide Squad. She sends them on a mission to find The Riddler and retrieve a flash drive that could potentially harm Amanda Waller’s future. The film stars Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger) voicing Deadshot, Hynden Walch (Adventure Time) as Harley Quinn, Troy Baker (Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare) voicing The Joker, John DiMaggio (Adventure Time) voicing King Shark and Bane, Greg Ellis (Beowolf) voicing Captain Boomerang, Giancarlo Esposito (Do The Right Thing) voicing Black Spider, and Jennifer Hale (Wreck It Ralph) voicing Killer Frost.
One of the cool things about the film is that it’s based in the Batman: Arkham video game world and it supposedly takes place after Arkham: Origins even though the director says it’s two years before Arkham Asylum. One of the other things is that I would be very careful before I let my young child watch this due to the sexual nature, language, and violence because this is an adult animated film. It’s rated PG-13 for a reason folks! The film definitely gives you a preview of how great a Suicide Squad film is going to be because you know Batman and The Joker will make appearances in the film. The story is amazing and it keeps you hooked to the screen and the interactions between Harley and The Joker are great as well as some of the other interactions between characters. As I said above, it’s got plenty of violence and explosions and all sorts of great stuff within the film. I absolutely loved it and I cannot wait for what else DC will put out in the future. The game is on between Marvel and DC officially. I am going to give this film an A for a final grade because it’s that damn good.
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