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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #62
- IMDb #63
- Rotten Tomatoes #11
- Letterboxd #160
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #45
- Kinopoisk #181
Every rating
A grizzled Bruce Wayne has been retired from crime-fighting for ten years. As a new wave of violence engulfs Gotham City, the 55-year-old Wayne feels compelled to don the cape and cowl once more. His return as Batman ignites a violent war on a brutal mutant gang, but his brutal methods also put him on a collision course with the authorities, including his former ally, Commissioner Gordon.
Details
- Director
- Jay Oliva
- Writer
- Bob Goodman
- Based on
- a work by Frank Miller
- Studio
- Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Animation, DC
- Released
- 25 September 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $3.5M
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