Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders

2016
PG
1h 18m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

6.7K

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Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)

It's back to the 1960s as Batman and Robin spring into action when Gotham City is threatened by Batman's most-evil opponents -- The Penguin, The Joker, Riddler and Catwoman. The four Super-Villains have combined their wicked talents to hatch a plot so nefarious that the Dynamic Duo will need to go to outer space (and back) to foil their arch enemies and restore order in Gotham City.

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Batman and Robin of the 1960s live action series are back in action to take down their fiendish foes united once more against them.Batman and Robin of the 1960s live action series are back in action to take down their fiendish foes united once more against them.Batman and Robin of the 1960s live action series are back in action to take down their fiendish foes united once more against them.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

6.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

Bruce Wayne
(voice)
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Burt Ward

Dick Grayson
(voice)
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Julie Newmar

Catwoman
(voice)

Jeff Bergman

Announcer
(voice)
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Sirena Irwin

Miranda Monroe
(voice)

Thomas Lennon

Chief O'Hara
(voice)
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William Salyers

The Penguin
(voice)

Lynne Marie Stewart

Aunt Harriet
(voice)

Jim Ward

Commissioner Gordon
(voice)

Steven Weber

Alfred Pennyworth
(voice)

Wally Wingert

The Riddler
(voice)

Storyline

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Trivia
During a fight at a TV studio, the camera operator switches the camera to "Fight Scene" and the camera tilts to the side in a "Dutch tilt," which was used throughout the Batman (1996) television series and film to depict the "crooked" hideout.

Goofs
When Batman uses his bat-brass-knuckle it suddenly disappears, and remains gone, after he hit The Penguin.

Quotes
Catwoman: I'll turn myself in on one condition.
Batman: What's that?
Catwoman: We run away to Europe together, sip tea in a cafe, and live happily every after.
Robin: Holy unsatisfying ending!
Catwoman: And of course we kill Robin.

Crazy credits
Then end credit sequence features Batman doing the "Batusi", which he did in the pilot episode for the 1966 TV series. Catwoman also does her own "Catusi". The dance names are references to a popular dance of the 1960s, "The Watusi". The format of the sequence is also similar to the end sequences of many of the 60s beach movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, although the dances were performed by Buster Keaton and his go-go girlfriend, Bunny.

Connections
Featured in Knight Immortal (2019)

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Featured review

8/10

The campy return of Adam West mixed with our more adult look at Batman

Batman has changed a lot since the days of Adam West came and put on the suit. It is to the point where it seems like no one even remembers that Adam West was the original Batman. However DC animation has helped bring back the old Adam West styled Batman in a major way. While also realizing those original fans have probably grew up now so is more willing to lace the film with more sexual humor and also press buttons with the whole Batman taking around a boy with tights and how strange that really is.

This movie also takes a clean shot at the new darker Batman who is more willing to be on the edge and do whatever it takes to make the villains pay for there crimes. It is quite a interesting look on what Batman was in the 60s to what Batman is today.

Catwoman also is updated to be a little more similar to the type of character she has become today. Selina Kyle has started to run that line between hero and villain and this movie easily lets us know that is trying to do that. From her working with the boy wonder to help Batman or taking on the villains she had once partnered with. The film does a great job showing us the new Catwoman.

Overall Batman Return of the Caped Crusaders is a great return to that 60s Batman world and knows how to have fun with its inclusive stories and campy aspects as well. The movie is quite a whole lot of fun to enjoy for those fans