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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #19
- IMDb #19
- Rotten Tomatoes #43
- Letterboxd #96
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #98
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #35
Every rating
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 80, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the most agreed on films →A 55-year-old Bruce Wayne has returned to his role as Batman after a decade-long retirement, putting a stop to the city's crime wave. His violent methods put him at odds with the Gotham City police and the government. The situation escalates when the Joker returns from his own catatonic state, and Superman is ordered by the President to bring the Batman in.
Details
- Director
- Jay Oliva
- Writer
- Bob Goodman
- Based on
- The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
- Studio
- Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Animation, DC
- Released
- 3 January 2013
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $3.5M
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