| Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem | |
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| Directed by | Butch Lukic |
| Screenplay by | Heath Corson |
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| Produced by | Butch Lukic |
| Starring | Roger Craig Smith Khary Payton Troy Baker |
| Edited by | Bruce A. King |
| Music by | Kevin Riepl |
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| Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem is an Americananimatedsuperhero film and the second entry in theBatman Unlimited series. It was released on August 18, 2015 on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. It is a sequel toBatman Unlimited: Animal Instincts.
A new crime wave strikes Gotham City. OnHalloween night,Solomon Grundy andSilver Banshee escape fromArkham Asylum and meet withScarecrow, dodgingNightwing andGreen Arrow along the way. Video game designer Gogo Shoto is kidnapped byClayface. Scarecrow and Silver Banshee steal anartificial intelligence designed byProfessor Ivo. Grundy steals a battery at the atomic power plant despite Nightwing's attempt to stop him. Grundy loads the battery into an ice cream truck driven by the Joker. The Joker forces Shoto to help him play a prank on the citizens of Gotham.
Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen, and Dick Grayson attend anInca exhibition at the Gotham Museum, where the main attraction is the "Rose Stone", a recent discovery byCyborg. Cyborg reveals that the Rose Stone is capable of conducting energy. When the opening ceremony starts, the Joker interrupts the proceedings. Clayface takes on the form of aTyrannosaurus and attacks the crowd. The Joker uses a computer virus to take control of all electronic technology in Gotham, including Cyborg, who is forced to aid the Joker. The heroes pursue Joker and the other villains, but they escape. The villains take over the city and Joker declares himself mayor, installing the other villains in his cabinet. The heroes return to the Batcave and discover that the Joker is planning a parade in his own honor. Batman deduces that the villains are hiding out in an abandoned amusement park on the pier. The heroes travel to the amusement park, battle the villains, free Shoto, and take him to the Batcave. While there, Shoto gives Batman a device that allows him to enter Professor Ivo's virtual world.
The Joker plans to send the virus worldwide. Once the Joker's parade starts, Batman gets close to Joker and uses Shoto's device to enter the AI world, where he sees many copies of the Joker. Batman and the heroes break the Joker's control over Cyborg. Batman realizes Joker intends to use Cyborg as the transmitter to unleash the virus. Cyborg finds the Rose Stone in his left arm. On the advice of Shoto, he places the Stone on the back of the Joker's mech suit. The suit shorts out, Joker falls into the sea, and all the technology reboots. The villains are taken back to Arkham and the Joker begins preparing his next plan.
Smtih, Diamantopolus, Friedle, Lowenthal, Duncan, and Epcar reprise their roles from the previous film, while more actors from past DC media reprise their roles for this film.Troy Baker reprises his role as The Joker fromBatman: Arkham Origins,Khary Payton reprised his role as Cyborg from both bothTeen Titans andTeen Titans Go!, as well asInjustice: Gods Among Us, andFred Tatasciore reprised his role of Solomon Grundy fromBatman: Arkham City,Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate,Injustice: Gods Among Us, andLego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
BothCommon Sense Media andCineMagazine rated the film 3 stars.[2][3]
The film was followed by a sequel,Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants, which was released on July 24, 2016.
