Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

TheLittleSongbird Love animation and have really enjoyed to loved many superhero films, animated and live-action. Part of me was a little nervous though, despite my love for Batman and all these villains 'Suicide Squad' did not work for me at all.Thankfully, count me in as another person who found 'Batman: Assault on Arkham' a vastly superior film, am aware it came out earlier than 'Suicide Squad' but saw this much later. Will also go as far to say that it is closer to being one of the best of the DC animated films (some good to great ones but also some average or less ones) than in the weaker end. Despite how my review title sounds, seeing as one does not usually associate the word assault as a good word, it is an assault on the senses in a good way. Would have liked to seen more of Batman, though understand why he was not the main focus as it was always clear to me that 'Batman: Assault on Arkham' was more about the villains. Also would have preferred a longer length of about 10-15 minutes more.An hour and a quarter with a lot of characters and a lot going on is too short a length, though actually the film overcomes the potential issues of hastiness and bloating and tells the story extremely well and excels in making the villains interesting to true to their iconic personalities. With the film being longer, it would have made the big reveal a little more believable and cooked all the way through.Other than these, 'Batman: Assault on Arkham' can't be faulted everywhere else. The animation is great, it's highly atmospheric, very colourful, meticulous and remarkably rich in its background detail and beautifully drawn with smoothness and like a lot of care went into the character designs. The music had both intensity and energy, done in a way that was haunting and rousing.'Batman: Assault on Arkham' is very well written. The more humorous moments and one-liners are smarter than those of most DC animated films, and then there is an intelligent maturity and dark grit in other places without it feeling muddled or disjointed tonally. Was also surprised at how racy some of it was for a DC animated film, bold move. The storytelling is hugely compelling, emotionally involving and paced beautifully complete, with action full of adrenaline rush thrills.Characters are also very strongly characterised. While Batman is true to character, 'Batman: Assault on Arkham' manages the not always easy task of allowing the viewer to root for the villains or find them more interesting. Joker and Harley Quinn are especially impressively written and steal the show.Voice acting is spot on, particularly Kevin Conroy's definitive Batman and Troy Baker's Joker (evoking fond memories of Mark Hamill's peerless interpretation, reminding one of him actually, without being an imitation).All in all, very good indeed. 8/10 Bethany Cox

dissident320 I couldn't help but stack this against the live action Suicide Squad movie. Even though the plot is quite different, I wanted to see how they handled character introductions and story setup. In both those aspects this movie is miles ahead of Suicide Squad. The character introductions take up less than 10 minutes and are efficient yet fun. The setup for the story is straight-forward as well and doesn't get bogged down with too many characters.I fully admit to not know what was taken from the comics story-wise but I was kind of fascinated how the Suicide Squad movie does include a lot of the same elements. The Joker does make an appearance but it makes much more sense to include him as he is a part of the main storyline. Batman is in a few minutes too which is explained because he is busy with another problem but does have some bearing on the story.I thought the squad was a lot of fun and the movie didn't lose me until they released everyone at Arkham and then it was just a super-villain fest. It's worth seeing if only to lament what could have been a good Suicide Squad live-action movie if they took more cues from this.

talarisw I liked the live action movie by David Ayers with Will Smith and Margo Robbie but this animated one, released 2 years before the live action one is much better. What makes this one better then the Ayer's one is the great writing. They simply did a better job at putting together a strong story then Ayers did. With the Ayers movie it felt like they had good characters but never were able to make the story come together. This movie succeeds at that tremendously. This is a movie that is able to somehow make the riddler and the joker(my two favorite batman villains) both be the main villain and make it work perfectly. It was a cool idea making the riddler be the reason why Waller needs the squad. Also I love that the actor from criminal minds who plays Spencer Reid is voicing the riddler. Perfect casting. Unlike the live action one the squad is shown to be a top secrete off the books covert assignment, which is the way the squad is suppose to be. Not that we need them to protect us from a evil superman. The film wastes no time and gets right into it. They do a great job at setting up the riddler and Waller then we get a quick and nice introduction to the squad. Their mission is simple and it has a nice plot twist that makes sense and makes riddler more important to the plot. The film also does a good job at balancing it's characters, with the live action movie it kind of felt like the deadshot and Harley Quinn show while the other characters were sideline. This film showcases everyone nicely and does this without giving us a whole lot of(if any) backstory for the characters. The movie has a nice heist element as we seem them try to break into Arkham. Something that was lacking in the live action one. Also one of my problems with the Ayers movie was that the villains weren't villainous enough but here we see them turn against each other and are never really depicted as being heroes. I also like the overall more edge this movie has compare to the Ayers movie. Another problem I had with the Ayers movie was the lack of Joker. However in this movie we get to see much more joker and I like how he works in the movie. He's not the main focus but still important to the story. I like how this movie never really gives us an official main villain. It's basically just a movie with a bunch of bad guys and batman in the middle of everything but it's woven together so nicely it never feels convoluted. We also get cameos by other batman villains. Also I really like this interpretation of Harley Quinn, Hayden Welch voice is great I think they captured her personality perfectly. I also like Troy Baker as the Joker. I honestly thought it was Mark Hammil doing the voice. I also love the animation it almost felt like a live action movie. One of my favorites from D.C. animation!

Neil Welch The Riddler is sent to Arkham Asylum, but he has secrets with him, and Amanda Waller sets up the Suicide Squad, made up of villains, and coerced into doing Waller's bidding as a covert government agency on pain of death.This animated Batman film is actually an animated Suicide Squad movie, hitting the public a couple of years ahead of this year's live action iteration. And it's good - the story is strong, there are multiple threads (the ongoing love/hate relationship between Harley Quinn and the Joker, is always fun), the voice talent is good (thankfully Kevin Conroy services Batman's brief appearances)and the animation is satisfactory (though no better than that).But I've caught up on a number of DC's animated features recently, and in the light of the New 52, and screen versions of DC's characters from Batman Begins onwards, it's quite clear that Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are no longer characters who are appropriate for all ages. Adults (by which I mean adolescents who regard themselves as adult, and ages upwards from that) seem to have appropriated the DC Universe and adapted it to their tastes, making it unsuitable for youngsters in the process. And this film is a case in point - there is explicit violence in it, some bad language, and even (non-explicit) sexual nudity. I'm perfectly OK with films with all these elements in them, but I'm not sure they should have a place in a movie where the main character is a costume worn by 6-year olds to birthday parties.