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DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family

2020 · 31 min

A grim, interactive choose-your-own-adventure that lets you steer a tragic hero through branching paths of vengeance and guilt.

Directed by
Brandon Vietti
Genres
Animation, Action
Tagline
The fate of Gotham is in your hands.
Overview
Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.

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Directed by
Brandon Vietti
Genres
Animation, Action
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • revenge
  • identity
  • morality
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror4
Humour2
Realism3
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
animation, action
Directed by
Brandon Vietti
Written by
Brandon Vietti
Starring
Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Martella, John DiMaggio, Zehra Fazal, Gary Cole, Kimberly Brooks, Nolan North, Nick Carson
Music
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Runtime
31 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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