Tripwire Reviews Batman and Superman: Battle Of The Super Sons Animated Film

It’s A Family Affair

Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows takes a look at the latest DC animated movie on Blu-Ray and DVD now: Batman and Superman: Battle Of The Super Sons…

Batman and Superman: Battle Of The Super Sons

Director: Matt Peters
Writer: Jeremy Adams
Voices: Jack Dylan Grazer, Jack Griffo

Batman and Superman: Battle Of The Super Sons is the latest Warner Bros. animated film which features Superman’s teenage son Jonathan Kent and Batman’s arrogant offspring Damian Wayne, who are forced to team up when an extraterrestrial threat comes to Earth.

The concept of the Super Sons is one that goes back to the 1960s but it is only recently that DC has been exploring it more fully with the introductions of Jonathan Kent and Damian Wayne.

Visually the Battle Of The Super Sons is well animated and there is decent build-up and a fun rivalry between the two main protagonists, who are called on to save our world when the other superheroes have been taken over by the alien threat, classic DC alien villain Starro, who was used in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad last year. 

Travis Willingham, who is better known as a Marvel voice actor, brings a nice warmth to his vocal performance as Superman/ Clark Kent while Troy Baker, who has voiced Batman in several video games, makes his animated movie debut as the Dark Knight here. Baker lends the character a gravelly gravitas, acting as a good counterpoint to Willingham’s lighter touch.

Battle of The Super Sons captures the spirit of the modern comics well with quality voice talent represented here and it barrels along at a decent pace.

The extras are okay here: a look at the history of the characters featuring the people who made this film plus DC’s animation creative director and former DC editor Mike Carlin plus two episodes of the classic Batman Animated series from the 1990s. It is interesting to compare and contrast the style of animation then with the look of DC’s animated product now.

Despite the fact that DC’s live action films continue to struggle with continuity problems and a lack of cohesive direction. Batman and Superman: Battle Of The Super Sons is a fun team-up that offers something for modern fans of DC’s most iconic creations. It uses DC’s mythos to good effect with characters like Krypto included here as an extra bonus.

JOEL MEADOWS 

Here’s the film’s trailer too