Thanks to the magic of comic book logic, sliding timelines, and those pesky Crises, Batman and Superman barely seem to have aged a day over the course of eight decades. But both characters have taken a major step forward in recent years, as they’ve both become fathers to aspiring superheroes. These days, Damian Wayne and Jon Kent have devoted fanbases all their own, and those fans will likely be pleased with how this junior Dynamic Duo is handled in Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons.Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons 2022 Movie Download
This latest entry in the DC Universe Movies line isn’t connected to recent releases like 2020’s Superman: Man of Tomorrow or 2021’s Batman: The Long Halloween duology. It’s instead a standalone story that has the distinction of being the first fully computer-animated film in this long-running series of direct-to-DVD projects. Battle of the Super Sons takes many storytelling cues from the work of Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason, whose Superman and Super Sons comics set the standard for the Jon/Damian dynamic. That alone is a major point in the film’s favor.Battle of the Super Sons acts as both an origin story for Jon and a showcase for the first team-up between Superboy (Shazam’s Jack Dylan Grazer) and Robin (The Thundermans’ Jack Griffo). The first act focuses on Jon discovering his burgeoning powers and coming to terms with the truth about his father, material that should be familiar to fans of the comics or The CW’s Superman & Lois. From there, Jon reluctantly teams up with the much more experienced, slightly pathological Robin and the two face their first true test as superheroes.The plot is entertaining, if more than a little predictable. Battle of the Super Sons unfolds pretty much exactly as one would expect, with only a few twists along the way to subvert the standard rookie teen hero formula. Like so many of these DC Universe Movies, it feels slightly hampered by the limited runtime. Battle of the Super Sons probably would have benefited from diving into the meat of the conflict sooner, rather than devoting so much time to Jon’s origin and the typical superhero teen cliches (including a painfully stilted school bully subplot).