“Batman: Assault On Arkham” has the distinction of being the first “Batman” film to be based on a videogame. It takes place in the same continuity as the popular “Batman: Arkham” videogames. It’s actually quite entertaining and a much better “Suicide Squad” film than the live-action version we got in 2016.

A group of villains are assembled by government worker Amanda Waller to break into Arkham Asylum to find the copy of data stolen by the Riddler. Batman is occupied with another task as he searches Gotham for a dirty bomb that the Joker has hidden somewhere in the city. However, these two missions might be linked in a way that nobody could foresee.

Batman is not the main focus of this film; we spend most of our time with the Suicide Squad characters. I like King Shark, Killer Frost, Harley Quinn and even Deadshot but Captain Boomerang is pretty lame. Some of the interactions between the Suicide Squad members are quite fun. I’m also not a fan of the Amanda Waller character. Batman is very good in the scenes where he appears. Other foes appear including the Joker, the Riddler, Poison Ivy and Bane. The voice acting for the Penguin is dreadful though. The animation on all the characters is actually really good.

“Batman: Assault On Arkham” has some really good action scenes, a fairly interesting plot and some good characters. It’s not an amazing film by any stretch of the imagination but it is impressive how much more satisfying it is when you compare it to the live-action “Suicide Squad”. This one has a much more coherent structure with more interesting things going on. If you are a fan of the “Batman: Arkham” games or animated “Batman” films then you should make sure that you give this one a watch at some point.