Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Part 1 - A Review

4.5 Stars - Pretty Damn Good

Dark Knight Returns part 1 is an adaptation of the first two chapters of the story of the same name by Frank Miller. I should start out by saying that I have read that story and I like elements of it, but as a whole I think its not very good. The film however is.

The main things to be noted are that the animation style is very stylised and interesting to look at, bringing the look of the comic to life; the voice acting is superb with Peter Weller making a fantastic Batman and they don't skimp on any of the dark themes that the book had.

A lot of material is cut from the book, chief amongst them being Batman's inner monologue and a lot of the news footage. This is to the films credit since it feels a lot better without them.

how can you mess with Batman when he's also Robo-Cop?

In short, a good film, I'll be interested to see if part 2 can keep it up.