I am not much of a Batman fan, nor a fan of superheroes in general, but still I sat down to watch "Batman: Bad Blood" when I had the chance. And I did so with my son, as he enjoys superheroes in all shapes and sizes.

However, it turned out that my son's interest in "Batman: Bad Blood" dwindled quite fast. And to be honest, then I found the storyline in this 2016 animated movie to be mediocre, and not really offering much of anything to spike my interest. But I persisted and stuck with it to the very end.

I didn't really know many of the characters in this animated movie, so I have no clue of how true they were to their comic book origins. And while we are on the character gallery here, then I found the characters to be quite generic and essentially didn't have much of variations in personalities and characteristics. Nightwing was essentially just a Batman clone, and that was further cemented when he donned the mantle of the bat and pretended to be Batman. And Batwing, seriously? Batwing? Was the creativity well really so dry that this is what they could come up with? A tech-enhanced version of Batman. And suddenly Robin is a child and the son of Batman? What kind of twisted idea was that? Granted, I have no idea about the storyline of the comic books or other animated movies, so I don't know what warrants this drastic change of character and concept of Robin.

Now, as for the animation style and art, then it was rather reminiscent of old school "G.I. Joe". And that worked quite well in favor of the animated movie, I think.

The dialogue in "Batman: Bad Blood" was as to be expected and cheesy as superhero movie dialogue go. So you know what you are getting here.

The voice acting in this animated movie was adequate, although I didn't recognize a single voice in here. I later saw that Morena Baccarin, John DiMaggio and Ernie Hudson were voicing characters, but I can't claim to have realized that while watching "Batman: Bad Blood".

"Batman: Bad Blood" was mediocre entertainment, and as such my rating lands on a 5 out of 10 stars.

After Batman goes missing, the Bat-family has to pull together to a) solve the mystery of his disappearance and b) prevent Gotham from going to the dogs. This puts a burden on Dick (Nightwing) Grayson who has to don the Bat-mantle, tests Damien Wayne's loyalties, and does newcomer Batwoman really merit a place in the Bat-family?

JM de Matteis scripts a Batman story which hardly features the titular character (not the first time this has happened). It's quite a good story and neatly balances plot, mystery, character and action. The characters are all well-voiced and realised, and this is not as violent as some of the DC animated features.

Overall, this rates a decent above average.

Okay first off, the movie was alright, not brilliant like TT: Judas Contract or Batman: Under the Red Hood, but good and somewhat enjoyable. The VA was okay, I exceptionally liked Damien Wayne's 'worried kid but trying to hide it' portrayal.

So, Luke Fox/Batwing. And original character, the son of a long established African-American character, who happens to have military training and able to utilise a prototype Batman themed 'Iron Man' suit. Although I question the use of his name (Batwing is the name of Batman's jet... I'd have personally called him something else such as Flying Fox) I quite liked the character, he and Nightwing would make a good team. His race would quite well be obvious seeing as has father as far as I know has always been portrayed as African American.

Kat Kane/Batwoman. She's been a lesbian since her inception, so what's the issue here? I would have been majorly pissed if they portrayed her as straight.

Truth is, this movie isn't a PC lickfest, it's just what it is. Good, but not brilliant.