Quick Reviews: Batman- Hush (2019)

Can you succeed in adapting the second best-selling Batman Books of all-time?  Should you even bother?  To find out, read on...

It's another day in Gotham.  Although, things feel a bit different.

For one thing, Bane is acting out of character and there's something about a stolen Lazarus Pit.

Before Batman can answer those questions, he's seriously-injured by a surprise attack.

Things seem to be related to a strange new villain- Hush.

Two things:
1) The Story is so packed that Catwoman meeting Ivy & Ivy meeting Hush happen within 30 seconds of each other!
2) Yes, that ass shot.  I guess the DP from Justice League is an Animator now.

Things escalate as Superman enters the picture and he's under Ivy's thrall!

Hush continues to manipulate the people in and around Batman to create maximum pain and chaos.

Who is this mystery villain?  Are there new twists in this well-remembered tale?

To find out, watch the Film now on Digital.  It is coming soon to DVD/Blu-Ray/4K/42K soon.

It's mostly a Story you know- for better or worse.  Hush, as mentioned, is only 2nd to The Dark Knight Returns in total sales.  Considering the amount of time between those 2 releases, that's quite amazing how close they are!  So going into this, they have to tell a Story that many, many people already know.  Do you just tell it again?  Do you tell a whole new Story with this as the framework?  In this case, they kind of split the difference.  They definitely cut some stuff- like the Jason Todd tease- and change some players around- like swapping Bane for Killer Croc.  I absolutely get the former, unless your plan is to jump right to ANOTHER version of the Red Hood Story.  It's not like DC won't double-dip (like with Superman vs. Doomsday), even if it has only been a Decade since the last version.  I also don't have much of a problem with the latter as well, since you get to mostly the same place with either Villain.  The bigger thing- which I won't SPOIL in-depth- is how they change some key stuff with Hush and the Ending.  I guess I have to commend them for not just copy-pasting a very successful Story, but it's a risky endeavor to do what people would consider 'remaking the wheel' here.  You may mind, you may not.  In any case, DC Animated keeps up the quality and I'm happy to see it.  Something I'm less happy to see- a pretty flimsy excuse to put Batman in the suit from the Hush Comics...

A solid, well-made Film.  You'll either love or hate the changes made to the Story.