Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons

Uhh yeah, Dollar Store Black Widow berates Deathstroke through most of the movie. Good thing the movie is about a strong independent woman and not about Deathstroke. Wow, what a borefest!

Marvel and DC are in the business of making roller-coasters of nonsense, they don't bother to have a story that seems credible or even enjoyable, only action packed nonsense without any sort of logic.

Watch this if you like brain dead soulless cartoons.

Right, well I sat down to watch this 2020 DC animated movie without knowing whom the Deathstroke character is, aside from being familiar with his name. So I didn't really know what to expect from director Sung Jin Ahn or writer J.M.DeMatteis.

I can't really say that I was overly impressed with "Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons". Sure it was watchable, but it wasn't outstanding or memorable as some of the other DC animated movies available. So I suppose this one was aimed specifically at the fans.

Something that I did like about "Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons", though, was the art style used in the animated movie. It was very much reminiscent of the 1980s cartoons that I grew up watching, such as "G.I. Joe" for example. And the animation was very smooth and good. These two factors were definitely working well in favor of the movie.

However, the storyline was just a bit too bland and mundane for my liking. There wasn't really anything that just popped out of the story and demanded attention. And the characters were a bit too trivial for my taste.

It should be said, though, that the voice acting was good, and they definitely had hired some talented performers to participate in this project. And Michael Chiklis definitely was a great choice, given his gruff voice.

All in all, "Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons" turned out to be mediocre for me. It didn't really appeal to my liking. That means that I am settling my rating of this 2020 DC animated movie on a mediocre five out of ten stars.

Everything about this episode was amazing. The voice acting, the story, and the animation! A great job of incorporating parts of deathstroke we know and love along with adding new twists and turns! I sympathize with him SO strongly. He is clearly someone we root for but we are also aware of his flaws and his dark side as well. Please release the next episode

When Deathstroke first appeared in the Teen Titans in the 80's he was one of the best characters around. He was an incredibly skilled human - not unlike Batman in his way. Why did that need to change for this film? In this iteration Slade has taken a super soldier formula (Captain America) that has given him incredible healing powers (Wolverine). At one point - testing his abilities - he punches a punchbag off its chain (Steve Rogers). His wife ends up with white highlights in her hair (Rogue) dressed in a black catsuit (Black Widow). The story also was bang average - this may as well have been a PG - the violence seemed tagged on to get a 15 certificate - not a mature story line - childish and simplistic - just the odd throat stab here and there. Animation did not set the world on fire either. How do you ruin a film about Slade Wilson? Tough ask but these guys managed it - kudos!