Best Music ever for the Background and the fight scene. And the moment when batman said to remember the one man defeated you was epic and the background music made it perfect . who was the music editor. He felt every scene and then added music into it .. Just wow..! Felt like watching a real movie. Got the same chills that I got while watching dark night

Second part of the animated adaptation of Frank Miller's classic comic book miniseries, The Dark Knight Returns. This part deals with the return of the Joker, Batman continuing his war on crime with a new Robin by his side, and Superman being sent by the President to stop Bats. As with the first part, it's pretty faithful to the comics. It does draw out some scenes longer. I can't help but feel like that wouldn't have been necessary had they just combined parts 1 and 2 into a single film. Also, as with the first part, I have problems with the animation not being stylized enough and the voices of Batman and others not being handled by Kevin Conroy and company. I said with my review on the first part that it's hard to really capture what made the comic work so well with a cartoon made nearly 30 years later after countless imitations and knockoffs. I do think some of the reviews giving this 10's are mainly fans of the comic rating it super high because they love the books. This is a good cartoon but it's nowhere near the boundary-pushing work of art fans are making it out to be. Again, that was the comic but this is the cartoon and the two are just not the same. It's still a fun movie, particularly for fans. I enjoyed it even more than part one and it's especially interesting to watch now after having seen this year's Batman v Superman, which borrowed heavily from this story. Whatever problems I have with this animated film, I do think it's far better than that disjointed glum mess. Best viewed with part one as a whole.

The Dark Knight Returns, Parts I and II, as a whole is easily one of the best films in the past ten years. It may sound like hyperbole, but this film could've been nominated for an academy award. TDKR is a revenge story about a retired, 55 year Bruce Wayne, who resumes his role as Batman, as an older man. The movie, a nearly frame by frame adaptation of Frank Miller's definitive work, explores politics, aging, the human condition and morality in way Hollywood at large could never muster.This is a human/crime drama that masquerades as a comic book movie, the film industry at large could learn from this. Very rarely will you catch a film that captures the sense of torment, angst, terror and defiance as you will with this movie. This is a love letter to comic fans, but also a must see for film buffs in general. It really doesn't get much better than this.

It's funny that i can draw parallel with my review for « Mad love » that i didn't praise even if it's also similar to the comics. So i was afraid for this one and it's a surprise that i like it and i wonder why ? my first explanation is the quality of the source : « DKI » is a cult comics among the best ever because Frank Miller has really understand the character, his universe and like « Watchmen », he writes for adults putting super heroes in perspective with the society, political power. This story of an old batman is totally riveting and watching it on a screen helps me discover things that i haven't seen so far : 1) with a girl for Robin, Bruce can be more warmly 2) the 4 parts can be tied : 1 & 3 is about old enemy having rehabilitation with the help of a shrink ; 2 & 4 is about a powerful leader who has to bite the dust ! 3) Miller has guessed all the terror attacks : Gotham twin towers exploding, killing an audience having fun, chaos after a bombing,… Another great thing in this adaptation is that all the memorable moments of the comics are still there. I expected the censorship to cut a lot but there wasn't a single : the fascist babe, Joker burning skulls, the TV shows, the soviet attacks, … After all this praise, now the few disappointments : first of all, the only thing that get cut is Batman's voice-over : it's a pity as it showed that he was nearly suicidal and surely sadistic ! Next, the animation is really good and looks likes the art of Miller/Janson with a reminiscent of « Akira » but the animators lack skills in scale, perspective : the room are too big for the characters, etc… and for sure, the biggest flaw is the colors ! Varley was talented and in my opinion, « DKI » is black, gray, blue… Here the colors are yellow and the mood totally changes ! When you see the opening race, you have indeed the tone for all the movie, too luminous and too bright ! That's why when Gotham flinches at the end, we don't have the feeling of the total panic the comics told us about ! If they can change their tones for « DKII », so i'm sure it will be then a incredible hit !