Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)

Director: Jake Castorena
Stars: Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Darren Criss
Runtime: 87 minutes

Synopsis: Batman, Batgirl and Robin forge an alliance with The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles' sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has teamed up with Ra's Al Ghul and The League Of Assassins.

Animation: 2/5
Performances: 3/5
Screenplay: 2/5
Editing: 3/5
Score/Soundtrack: 2/5
Entertainment Factor: 3/5

Verdict: Granted, this movie may be an easy target that probably was aimed at younger audiences (it's a Nickelodeon movie). But when I saw that Batman and the Turtles were going to be in the same movie, I just had to check it out. And while I wasn't particularly wowed, it's pretty much exactly what you'd expect from a movie with all these ingredients.

The animated film is more of an "and" than a "versus", but you probably knew that already. In it, Bruce Wayne teams up with the Turtles, Batgirl, and Robin to take down, well, Shredder and the entire gallery of Batman villains, led by Ra's al Ghul, which leads to my first issue with it. There were way too many characters and not nearly enough runtime to fit all of them. The story, much like the animation and voice performances, is also a pretty straightforward and uninteresting one, with as few interactions as possible and as many fight scenes an 87 minute long animated Nickelodeon film could possibly feature. I got bored very fast,  and not even the infinite fan service included in it could get me back on board with it.

Again, I'm entirely aware that the movie will probably more than satisfy anyone looking for a dumb team-up between two beloved franchises in which Batman drinks coffee from a Superman mug and eats pizza with Leonardo and his brothers. I was just expecting something a little more extra, and simply didn't get it to my disappointment.

FINAL GRADE: 4/10