Alyas Batman en Robin

This movie features Philippines' funnyman Joey De Leon taking on the mantle of Batman. The story is actually a parody of the popular 1960's TV show and has absolutely nothing in common with the current dark Batman movies, comics, animated series, save for the costumes and the aliases. The producers couldn't change the names for something that sounds cool. They wanted a Batman parody and how can you change a name like Batman? Not surprisingly, Regal Studios went into legal entanglement with Warner Bros., but it looks like Regal won.

Watching the movie from a a strong critical viewpoint, the movie is totally pathetic. The movie is simply made for fun, even poking jokes about Batman, such as the bat-synonyms: Bat-coffee, bat-juice etc. Most of the humor is made for the country of origin (Philippines). Batfans may have hated Warner Bros.' BATMAN & ROBIN for ruining the franchise. This one takes no pretensions of its inspiration. The ending features a weird dance number by "superheroes" from both Marvel and DC. If you're a batfan, you just might want to check this movie out for sheer curiosity.

Okay, the first half hour of this Filipino Batman and Robin parody is a bit testing. But don't give up - the madcap musical numbers (even coinciding with bank robberies, of all things), manic fights and general craziness pop up in the second half. The songs are crackers and the plot? Basically various folks become Batman characters - The Penguin, etc - to rob banks (of various types), sing a little and play some air guitar. In return, the goofball caped crusader and his boy wonder get down to their crime-fighting duties. The finale is the entire cast and the Marvel Comics back-catalogue singing a rousing tune ("Let's be afraid of God. Let's believe in love!"). Not once does this film take itself seriously - for starters, the batcave carport has Batman TV series posters on the wall and comes well-stocked with bat milk, bat coffee and bat tea. A very silly movie.

"Alyas Batman en Robin" is an unauthorized, Phillipino, Batman musical with cheesy results and "Batman and Robin"-esque tedium. Well, with that recipe it must be so bad that its good right?

Right. If you're prepared to hit the fast-forward button a lot (you won't miss much) through the inescapable sappiness and get to the hysterically out-of-place musical numbers. If you enjoy a mind-numbing hour-and-a-half of utterly confusing fun, then see this.

You have to love these cheapo foreign take-offs on popular film franchises and characters. In this one it's the old "Batman and Robin" TV show, made in the Philipines for what looks like a zero budget.

There's a lot of pretty girls around and tons of silliness as the heroes fight crime, most notably the Joker and the Penguin. There's also a lot of music, as in one sequence when the Joker and Penguin go to rob what looks like a bank, and they break out into song!

The music is actually pretty funny as they are remakes of 50s and 60s tunes with "Batman and Robin" lyrics thrown in. For instance, The Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari" gets changed around with lyrics such as, "Holy smokes, Batman and Robin, Oh my God, Batman and Robin, Praise the Lord, Batman and Robin..." The film concludes with a musical sequence that has to be seen to be disbelieved, as many people in superhero costumes (DC and Marvel comics, including a midget Spider-Man) sing and dance to a remake of "At The Hop." There is no doubt whatsoever that this is a fun film to watch, although not to be taken seriously at all.

A very cheap, boring "version" of the dynamic duo. Anybody at DC Comics should file a case against those who are responsible for this crap. This is a complete diss Bob Kane and the million and million of Batman fanatics!