A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.
Acting
Cranston's Gordon is exhausted perfection.
Direction
Lauren Montgomery makes 64 minutes feel epic.
Writing
Frank Miller's dialogue, barely softened.
Director
Lauren Montgomery
Ben McKenzie
Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Bryan Cranston
Jim Gordon (voice)
Eliza Dushku
Selina (voice)
Jon Polito
Commissioner Loeb (voice)
Alex Rocco
Falcone (voice)
Katee Sackhoff
Detective Essen (voice)
Sara Ballantine
Skeevers' Attorney (voice)
Jeff Bennett
Alfred (voice)
Steve Blum
Stan (voice)
Roark Critchlow
Hare Krishna (voice)
Grey DeLisle
Barbara Gordon (voice)
Robin Atkin Downes
Harvey Dent (voice)
Keith Ferguson
Jefferson Skeevers (voice)
Danny Jacobs
Flass' Attorney (voice)
Nick Jameson
Merkel (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ben McKenzie later played young Gordon in Gotham, making him the only actor to voice Batman AND play Gordon.
This adaptation preserves Miller's 1987 structure: alternating Gordon and Bruce chapters, a technique rarely attempted in superhero cinema.
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