Format: Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy
MPAA: PG-13
Directed by: Sam Liu & Lauren Montgomery
Written by: Tab Murphy, based on a comic by Frank Miller
Starring: Benjamin McKenzie, Bryan Cranston, Eliza Dushku, Katee Sackhoff, Alex Rocco, Jon Polito
Produced by: Lauren Montgomery, Alan Burnett
Studio: Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment, Warner Home Video
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Review by: Eric Stuckart
The Film
Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One was a groundbreaking comic for the Dark Knight for a number of reasons. First off, it helped to definitively usher in a new age for Batman, one that eschewed the flavor-of-the-week enemies and cartoonish nature that the Adam West television series had imparted onto the comics. And secondly, it brought a grittier, darker tone to a comic book series that badly needed a resurrection.
The fact that the book practically serves as a storyboard for DC Entertainment’s animated adaptation only shows how great the source material was in the first place. Telling the story of how both Bruce Wayne and good cop Jim Gordon have arrived in the crime-ridden Gotham City, it’s a great starting point for those not familiar with the story behind the cowl. (more…)
