The direct-to-video – Batman: Soul of the Dragon – might have more to do with Bruce Wayne than Batman
Before billionaire and playboy Bruce Wayne, whose alter ego ‘Batman’ became the ferocious defender of Gotham City, he was just a privileged man.
Though Batman established himself (time and again) as a terrifying vigilante but before he achieved this status, he was just Bruce Wayne, the billionaire heir who struggles to find inner peace.
In
Batman: Soul of the Dragon, we’re introduced to one of his mentors who also doubled as a friend. He hung out with him while under his tutelage.
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Year One-style story actually centers around a quartet of DC characters, one being Batman, and the other three being people he trained with during his time in Nanda Parbat. In the movie, Batman (David Giuntoli), Richard Dragon (Mark Dacascos), Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White), and Lady Shiva (Kelly Hu) take on a cult being led by one of their former peers under the martial arts master O Sensei (James Hong).
Soul of the Dragon is one of the coolest and most innovative of DC s long line of direct-to-DVD animated movies, in part because the whole thing is played like a 70s kung fu/action movie, with nods to Bruce Lee, James Bond, blaxploitation, and other ideas and genres that aren t naturally at home in a superhero movie. Between this and the recent
Batman: Soul of the Dragon Review: A Bruce Lee & James Bond Inspired 70s DC Adventure
Batman: Soul of the Dragon Review: A Bruce Lee & James Bond Inspired 70s DC Adventure
Richard Dragon recruits Bruce Wayne to stop the evil Kobra cult in the seventies retro DC animated film, Batman: Soul of the Dragon.
The Dark Knight returns in a groovy, karate chopping, seventies retro animated adventure.
Batman: Soul of the Dragon is an original story that mixes Bruce Lee inspired action with a James Bond storyline. The Caped Crusader is actually a supporting character to the ass-kicking Richard Dragon (Mark Dacascos). Bruce Wayne s (David Giuntoli) origin story is updated with a Japanese master and cohort of allies. The plot runs thin at times, but the film offers a fun and interesting new take on the beloved superhero.
Ricky Church chats to David Guintoli about Batman: Soul of the Dragon…
The first of Warner Bros. Animation’s DC films of 2021 will be released in just a couple weeks with
Batman: Soul of the Dragon. Taking place in the 1970s, the film takes a look at Batman’s days training in the martial arts with his fellow students and how they must come together again to defeat a powerful threat to the world. Starring alongside Batman (David Giuntoli) are Richard Dragon (Mark Dacascos), Lady Shiva (Kelly Hu) and Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White), some of the most skilled and deadly fighters in the DC Universe.
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