6.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Fighting crime is a full-time job and Batman NEVER takes a vacation. That is until he finally agrees to let Batgirl and Nightwing take him on a long overdue trip - leaving Gotham City under the watchful eye of the Justice League.
Starring: Sarah Hyland, Troy Baker, Tara Strong, Nolan North, Grey GriffinAnimation | 100% |
Comic book | 77% |
Family | 73% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
German: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0
Danish: Dolby Digital 2.0
Finnish: Dolby Digital 2.0
Norwegian: Dolby Digital 2.0
Swedish: Dolby Digital 2.0
Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish 2.0=Latin; Japanese is hidden
English SDH, French, German SDH, Japanese, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
UV digital copy
DVD copy
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
It's a dizzying experience being a latecomer to the frenetic world of LEGO DC. My colleague Kenneth Brown, who reviewed several of the previous five direct-to-video offerings, had his precocious son to guide him through the maze, but I have no such housemates to take me by the hand. (A neighbor's kid once helped me understand The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, but that was five years ago, and he's all grown up.) Suffice it to say that the latest offering from Warner's LEGO animation manages to cram so many familiar characters (and a few new ones) into a single 78-minute film that the result is never dull.
Gotham City Breakout's 1080p, AVC-encoded Blu-ray presentation is comparable to previous entries in the LEGO direct-to-video franchise, with solid blacks, bright primary colors, good contrast and only occasional instances of minor banding that may well go unnoticed. If Warner would quit leaving unused space on the BD-25 and up the average bitrate to something better than this disc's 13.82 Mbps (which is even lower than their most recent LEGO film, Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood), the image might be even better.
Bang! Crash! Pow! Explosion! The disc's DTS-HD MA 5.1 spreads the requisite sound effects through the listening space, but it's not a noticeably active or innovative mix.
The only extras are a trailer for LEGO Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood, which is accessible from the main menu, and another for Nexo Knights, which plays at startup. This edition also comes with a Nightwing figurine.
As with other LEGO entries in the DCU, this one is primarily for kids, although there are enough
classic references to bring an occasional knowing smile to adult fans (or at least those sufficiently
well-versed in Batman lore to recognize the code word "Batusi").
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