This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Blistering performances.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

its a nice new look on the league of assassins and a new robin the action scenes were good but the overall story was just bad it seemed like they dragged it on for too long I did not like it that much below average not what I expect from anything batman so five out of ten its okay watchable.

Son of Batman is based on the comic where Talia leaves Damian to go to Gotham and find his father Bruce Wayne A.k.a Batman but there's one problem his son is pretty messed up and rude. The problem with Damian is always that he's a 50/50 character there are times where he actually acts as a Robin or a hero and others that he's annoying and stupid but even tho he does the same in this it was the first film where they introduced him so i was fine with that but when Justice League v.s Teen Titans came out it actually bugged me a lot. I still liked tho as a movie Damian fights Deathstroke, Ras dies, Batman goes against Man-Bat and Killer Croc and i liked that seeing good villains in an actual good film besides the 6.7 rating.

I'm not going to beat around the bush: this thing is bad with a capital B. There are very few things that work, and they don't even come close to offsetting the things that don't work at all. The entire thing is a misfire almost from the very beginning.The story centers around Damian Wayne, the son of Batman and his sometimes foe, sometimes lover Talia al Ghul. When the League of Assassins is decimated by Deathstroke, Talia leaves Damian with Batman. The two almost immediately butt heads due to Damian being raised as an assassin and Batman having his "no killing rule." Despite this, Batman attempts to train and bond with Damian, even as the newest Robin seeks out revenge.Since I like to give credit where credit is due: the action scenes are fairly well staged (though much more bloody than is necessary, which is something I'll come back to.) Jason O'Mara continues to do strong work as Batman. The characterization and voice work for Nightwing and Alfred are also good, though their roles in the story are fairly minor. Really though, that's about all that I can say nice about this.The biggest problem is Damian himself: he's simply not likable. He really embodies everything that drove fans to kill off Jason Todd back in the 1980s: he's cocky without having earned the right to be, he lacks any form of charm, he's precocious, and he does nothing but argue with every single person in his life regardless of whether they are trying to help or hurt him. Having talked to some folks who read the comics, the impression I get is that there Damian was disliked at first but fans grew to like him over time. That's fine on the page, but when these films are kept to a lean 75 minutes there just isn't time for audiences to warm to this kid.Though he's the biggest problem, Damian is far from the only one. I mentioned the violence already. It's not the fact that people are killed, but rather the bloody fashion in which it happens that feels gratuitous. It might not be such a problem, except that if the film is aiming for a more "realistic" portrayal of violence then it shouldn't go from bloody to cartoonish from beat to beat. Example: faceless assassins are gunned down left and right while Ra's al Ghul deflects bullets with a sword, and later on a character has his wrist pinned to the wall by a knife, but suffers no ill effects from that wound once he's free of it. Talia is also a victim of gratuitousness, though the sexual kind in this case. She has an outfit with a neckline that plunges down to her navel. Not only does this fly in the face of combat practicality and the laws of gravity (regarding her boobs appearing so lifted,) but it's 100% unnecessary since Morena Baccarin is able to deliver an edge of sexuality with just her voice and that would have been enough.Even Batman himself is out of whack in this movie. He admonishes Damian over lethal force (which really feels like a lost cause since one of the first things we see this kid do is shoot somebody in the head,) specifically he berates the kid for the use of a sword. However it's only a matter of minutes later that Batman himself detonates explosives and collapses a ceiling onto a group of mutated henchmen. And then there's Deathstroke, and this one I'm just going to blame the actor. The character's written decently enough but Thomas Gibson didn't give a single line reading that worked. Every word he spoke was flat and disconnected and just killed a visually intimidating character.Coming on the heels of the already flawed (though not this badly) "Justice League: War," this just kills my enthusiasm for the films based off of stories taken from the New 52 line of comics.

Marvel dominates the live action stuff but, until DC catches up, they have the animated film department mastered…until they released "Son of Batman." I'm not one to complain about the changes made from adapting a book, graphic novel or comic (and this one had A LOT of changes), instead, the problem that hurt my enjoyment of this one had to due with the fact the story was just really weak and the dialogue was absolutely terrible.While the film follows the predictable lines of a man finding out he has a son and has to somehow connect with them despite the fact they have been alienated from each other for a significant amount of time, the movie fails to hit that requirement of the two finding common ground and they learn, laugh, love and grow together. Yes, "Son of Batman" ends with Batman and his son Damian being a good team and Damian even becomes Robin, the problem is that we don't really see them grow. Damian is a bratty little snob of a child up until he gets the exact thing he wants and is the one thing Batman keeps trying to teach him not to cling to and then *BAM* they are all good and their common ground is found and are now the best of besties. It was a very weak attempt at family drama and matters aren't helped by the fact the film has terrible dialogue to back it up.Some will write off these complaints as nothing because the film is "just a cartoon, man," but when you compare this film to the other, numerous quality films that DC has released based on their characters and their iconic stories, this film just feels like a letdown and something that was thrown together too quickly.What's up, brother? Feel like reading more of my rants, ramblings, geek references, bad jokes, and other movie reviews (like a more in-depth look at "Son of Batman" and other animated Batman movies that, thankfully, don't include his annoying son)? If you do, you can visit my blog at revronmovies.blogspot.com. If you don't and hate me now (because hating people is easy on the internet), I just want you to know that I still think you are a beautiful person and want to make you some chocolate chip cookies.