Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons

You may or may not expect a good story with a character like Slade Wilson who is shady at best and mostly shown as a carnal being. But you would be surprised the writers worked out the story of one of the most skilled nemesis of Batman and the Titans into a story of family and complex desires of soldiers who are out of commission.

Written and directed beautifully, this movie joins the legion of DC animated masterpieces. With art looking unfinished and unpolished here there, it provides a good cinematic experience with visceral action sequences and twist and turns in the stories very fabric. The title although is metaphoric but the plot lives upto it.

Everything about this episode was amazing. The voice acting, the story, and the animation! A great job of incorporating parts of deathstroke we know and love along with adding new twists and turns! I sympathize with him SO strongly. He is clearly someone we root for but we are also aware of his flaws and his dark side as well. Please release the next episode

When Deathstroke first appeared in the Teen Titans in the 80's he was one of the best characters around. He was an incredibly skilled human - not unlike Batman in his way. Why did that need to change for this film? In this iteration Slade has taken a super soldier formula (Captain America) that has given him incredible healing powers (Wolverine). At one point - testing his abilities - he punches a punchbag off its chain (Steve Rogers). His wife ends up with white highlights in her hair (Rogue) dressed in a black catsuit (Black Widow). The story also was bang average - this may as well have been a PG - the violence seemed tagged on to get a 15 certificate - not a mature story line - childish and simplistic - just the odd throat stab here and there. Animation did not set the world on fire either. How do you ruin a film about Slade Wilson? Tough ask but these guys managed it - kudos!

Highly impressed with the first episode and the violent nature of the character was not let down with the opening installment! Might be just my opinion but the animation reminds me of the ultra violent Manga cartoons I watched years ago.

Based on the first episode, it isn't the most original of concepts, but it does what it sets out to do admirably - provide the fun of classic animation, but geared for adults, continuing DC's reign when it comes to animation.