Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League [Movie Review]

Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League [Movie Review] | This one is the latest addition to Batman Ninja. 

Of course I have to give it a go.

SYNOPSIS

Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League (2025) Trivia

• Starring: Koichi Yamadera, Daisuke Ono, Akira Ishida, Kengo Kawanishi, Yuki Kaji, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Masaki Terasoma, Wataru Takagi, Rie Kugimiya, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Romi Park, Akio Otsuka, Ayane Sakura, Kazuhiro Yamaji & Takaya Kamikawa
• Director: Junpei Mizusaki & Shinji Takagi
• Producer: Takanari Yamaguchi
• Production Company: Warner Bros. Japan, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Kamikaze Douga, YamatoWorks & Barnum Studio

• Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures & Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

• Release date:March 18, 2025

• Running time: 89 minutes
• Rating: MA
• Country: United States & Japan
• Language: English & Japanese
• IMDb: 6.1/ 10
• Tomatometer: NA
• Metascore: NA
• Hagaane no Kuraku is a pun on Superman’s name and title, blending Clark Kent with Man of Steel to mean Clark of Steel. 

Like I've mentioned, it is a continuation from Batman Ninja. The Batfamily returns to Gotham using Gorilla Grodd’s Quake Engine, thinking all is well. All is well until a Yakuza storm hits. Hundreds of warriors descend, but Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Red Robin and Red Hood take them down. 

Things get stranger when the Justice League disappears, Japan vanishes from the map and Gordon reports another Yakuza invasion the day before, one the Batfamily supposedly stopped, though they weren’t there. Bruce realizes the Quake Engine has warped time.

Through a spatial fissure, Batman and Robin see Japan floating above Gotham. They enter the rift and find a futuristic, Yakuza-ruled Japan, controlled by metahumans under the Hagane family. 

Zeshika (Emerald Ray) and Ahsa (Aqua Dragon), the dark versions of Jessica Cruz  and Aquaman, attack, but Daiana, leader of the Amazone family, rescues them. She is known as the Eagle Goddess, follows a strict honor code and shelters Harley Quinn, who fell into this world. Meanwhile, in Gotham, the Yakuza Flash, Fleet of Foot Bari, attacks but retreats after battling Nightwing, Red Hood, and Red Robin.

Tim and Jason take Bari down using VR and a treadmill, stopping Ra’s from sending Yakuza to Amatsukuni. With most of the Yakuza League neutralized, Kuraku steps in, wreaking havoc. Batman faces him, while Daiana and the Batfamily infiltrate Hagane Tower to stop Ra’s. A fierce Batman vs. Superman battle unfolds.

Bruce fights Kuraku using an armored Batmobile and red solar energy to weaken him. He exposes Ra’s deception that Amatsukuni is full of good people, not criminals. Kuraku destroys the reflector, briefly gaining the upper hand, but Bruce knocks him out with a kryptonite knuckleduster from Clark.

Ra’s sabotages the Quake Engine, causing Hinomoto to collide with Gotham. The Batfamily seizes control and halts the catastrophe. As the Yakuza League senses the multiversal shift, they realize their heroic potential. Ra’s attempts one final attack, but now the Yakuza League joins forces with the Batfamily.

Can any of them stop the worlds from colliding?

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• Oh yes. I love Batman Ninja. 
• Superman as the bad guy? Love it! 
• Them fighting using Japanese weapons - umbrella, katana and samurai? LOVE!

What I Don't Like:

• Too short?

Will I Watch It Again: Yes, I will.   

Overall: 4.9/ 5.0

The pictures are taken from multiple sources on the Internet. Thank you.

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