Average User Rating: 80% (3 Reviews)
5 / 5	Gotham Knight I. Nogaideli "Quoth the Raven ''Never More''" (England) - 30 July 2008 Its great for anyone who is a Batman fan or anime fan and if your both then your really looking forward to awesome spectacular.The only complaint I have is that it should of been longer but thats it everything else is top notch.
3 / 5	Great potential mostly squandered Shawn Watson "God of Gods" (Badger's Brook, Scotland) - 29 July 2008 Batman: Gotham Knight is a lot like The Animatrix [Blu-ray] [2003] in that it bridges two movies with colorful and varied animation and innovative stories. Or at least that's what it should have been. While The Animatrix [Blu-ray] [2003] was fresh and exciting and superior to the live-action films Batman: Gotham Knight just seems to plod around familiar territory without ever getting too deep. Averaging at about 11 minutes each the stories are just too short to really make an impression and a couple of them end abruptly much to the annoyance of the viewer. Kevin Conroy returns as the voice of Batman (this will come as a great relief to fans who have had to put up with Rino Romano's voice in the new, inferior series) but there's none of the wild invention seen in the 90s TV series or any of the subsequent feature-length movies. Each story seems to have one idea and sticks with it to the bitter end whether it works or not. It would have been better if they connected the stories and built towards a better end. As a movie it fails. As a sequence of quick adventures leading up to The Dark Knight it kinda works. The animation is pretty and I'd like to see more but give us more depth next time, Warner. The Blu Ray features a 1.85:1 1080p picture that isn't amazing but still manages to impress depending on the animation style of the particular adventure. The first being the worst and the last being the best. There is also a DD+ soundtrack which works just fine and quite a lot of extras. Please, Warner! Release more Batman on Blu Ray. I want to see The Batman Superman Movie, Batman - Mask Of The Phantasm [1993], Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) in glorious high definition and I am not prepared to wait.... Read Full Review »
5 / 5	Brilliantly Done Steven Stewart "Critic Extraordinaire" (steveo.stewart@hotmail.co.uk) - 8 August 2008 Combining some of the greatest writers in the business, Gotham Knight is a 6 story movie that focuses on how Bruce Wayne went from The Batman to The Dark Knight. Have I Got A Story For You: Starts off the movie with a group of kids telling stories of their encounters of the Batman. They are ranging from him being a shadow creature that can disappear and re-appear at will, to simply a giant bat. This isn't the best start to the movie but it gives us an idea of how Batman is perceived by those in the Gotham world. Crossfire: Is a story based around two cops, Detectives Ramirez & Allen. Allen & Ramirez are dropping a criminal off at an insane asylum and on the journey we're subjected to the hatred that the man has for the Dark Knight. He doesn't like vigilantes but after being caught in a crossfire between the Russians & the Italians, Allen's mind is changed when the Batman shows up. Field Test: Is a vision of a young Batman trying out the new gadgets created by Lucius Fox, but after an accident caused as a result of one of the gadgets, Wayne decides towards other means of protection. In Darkness Dwells: Written by David Goyer, writer of Blade and co-writer of Batman Begins. The Dark Knight finds himself in the sewers of Gotham City where he's forced to take on Killer Croc and once again fight the Scarecrow. Working Through Pain: This shows us the interesting past of Bruce and how he was taught the skill of handling pain. Deadshot: The title speaks for itself as in this finale we're shown the real reason why Batman hates guns as he's forced to take on the might of the man that never misses. I went into this film with a bit of skepticism as I'm not usually a fan of the anime style of animation. However, the short stories featured in this feature length animation are astounding and shed some light on the Batman character. The whole anime style is not for everyone, and I must say before I saw this I hated the style myself. After seeing this I come to realise that this style of animation has a way of showing real emotion through clever imagery. Be warned though, to those parents of children who are fans of the Batman series and are thinking of buying this for their kids, it has its moments of graphic violence and colourful use of language. Overall this is a great little time waster and something that you can watch and be pleasantly entertained by ... Read Full Review »