No, the dialogue isn’t always Ben Hecht, but the Bruce Timm team has a grip on the legend that’s rare in comic book adaptations, and while some of the “grown-up” moments are a tad unconvincing (as if the writers watched hours of “The Shield” to bone up on “gritty realism”), the overall effect is of a compact, mythically in tune affair.
Grade: B+
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