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Son of Batman (2014) Storyline

Damian Wayne the grandchild of Ra’s al Ghul has been trained hard as a ninja to become the successor of his legendary grandfather and lead the forces of league of assassins to restore peace in rotting parts of the world. While Talia mother of Damian and her brother are happy to see the legendary Ra’s al Ghul taking his time and investing in Damian his successor. While the league of Assassins trains themselves an assassination plot on them is under progress while commanded by one of ex-successors of Ra’s al Ghul under the threatening swordsmanship of Deathstroke who used to be the right hand of Ra’s al Ghul but after he was excluded from the league of shadows due to his way of doing things, Ra’s al Ghul detached him from the league of assassins. A fierce and high voltage ninja showdown between weapons and swords takes place while the legendary Ra’s al Ghul simply deflects all the bullets fired at him using his god like swordsmanship but Deathstroke apparently knew the fact that he can't be tamed by them so instead he sets up a trap and manages to burn him down using missiles. Damian who is just 10 yrs. old is more talented than any of the ninjas from the league of assassins and goes up against Deathstroke who was going to cut his severely burned grandfather’s head in order to avoid him from getting revived by using the Lazarus Pit. Damian fights bravely against Deathstroke and even manages to destroy his right eye but Deathstroke manages to escape and retreats with his army. 

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Deathstroke the ex-successor of Ra's al Ghul who killed Ra's al Ghul and wants to destroy the league of Assassins

Meanwhile Ra’s al Ghul in his desperate attempt to revive himself by taking a dip in the Lazarus pit dies due to his serious burns. Damian is filled with rage to take his beloved grandfathers revenge by killing Deathstroke but a new destiny awaits him as his mother takes him  to Gotham City in  order to keep him safe from falling into the hand of Deathstroke who apparently wants to destroy the whole league of Assassins. Talia takes Damian to Batman who apparently is unaware of the fact that Damian is his son who was secretly raised by Talia in the league of Assassins after their secret love affair which happened after Talia sedated Batman. Meanwhile in Gotham city Batman is fighting the huge killer croc  who apparently is using some kind of drugs to develop his body further. Batman is almost cornered by the beast that’s when Talia shows up and saves the day for Batman, but very little Batman did know that something bigger than killer croc is going to be dropped on him by Talia. 

Huge Monstrous Killer Croc fights the Batman while Talia of al Ghul saves Batman from him

Batman is in all shock to find out about his son Damian and is even more amused by the fact that Damian was just the same splitting image of himself while he was a kid. Damian having raised in league of assassins is extremely skillful as a ninja but has an extremely chilling character and most of all has that one quality that Batman hates the most that is killing and revenge. Batman can clearly see the fact that Damian is not a kid but a ninja trained hard to become an assassin. While Batman tries to keep him safe with Alfred and behind the scenes, Damian always manages to escape and gets straight to the point while Bruce Wayne is busy handling companies work. Damian talks about taking revenge of his grandfather by finding Deathstroke and killing him and also talks about how to find him by using one of the dealers working  for him and it happens that Damian got all those information using the batcomputer from the batcave. 

Batman fighting the Gorilla Bat with wings while investigating the drugs used by Killer Croc

While Bruce tries to persuade Damian to forget about revenge and sends him back home, he comes across a scientist named Langstrom who apparently was building the drugs that helped killer croc grow and upgrade his body parts, but Batman has a narrow escape as the whole place is blasted off by a drone and also faces a Gorilla-Bat with wings but manages to sway him away but is left with only a league of assassins star as a clue. Meanwhile Talia who was on her way to revenge her dead father is captured by Deathstroke who also happens to have kidnapped Langstrom and his family in order to use the drug that Ra’s al Ghul was so much interested in building an army of man bat ninjas who could not be tamed. Meanwhile Damian escapes again and goes after the dealer who was linked to Deathstroke. Damian and the dealer have a run and chase as they fight each other, and Damian who was about to kill the dealer for not answering his questions is stopped by Nightwing, the old partner of Batman (Dick Grayson). Nightwing has a tough time taming Damian and gets to find out about Damian being the son of Batman. Batman gets mad at Damian for his childish behavior and using his skills for revenge, but a fatherly side gets him in and makes Damian the new Robin so he can keep an eye on him.

Batman (Bruce Wayne .. ooops secret identity! :D) and his Son Damian Wayne

Batman and Robin team up to find Kirk Langstrom in one of the hideouts of Deathstroke and manage to get him out of their safely while fighting numerous guards which they could have escaped had the new Robin be not so hot headed to jump into a fight. Batman comes to know about Deathstroke’s plan of man-bat army and immediately instructs Langstrom to prepare the antidotes while they rescue his family from the captivity of Deathstroke. Batman and Robin rescue Langstrom’s family aware of the fact that they have been tricked into a trap. Deathstroke manages to lure Robin alone into his trap by using his mother Talia as bait, only to kill them both but thanks to Batman and Nightwing they arrive in time and save both Talia and Damian from the evil trap of Deathstroke while Deathstroke who could have been killed by Damian is spared by Damian as finally understands his father’s way by truly becoming the son of Batman. Meanwhile Talia returns back to league of assassins to restore the clan while leaving Damian with Batman to learn more from his father as the father son crime fighting duo battle crime in Gotham city in their fancy 1958’s batmobile.

Son of Batman (2014) Trailer

Movie Cast & Crew

• Director: Ethan Spaulding
  
• Writers: Bob Kane (characters), Grant Morrison (comic book), Andy Kubert (graphic novel illustrator),James Robinson (story), Joe R. Lansdale (screenplay)
  
• Stars: Jason O'Mara, Stuart Allan, Thomas Gibson,Sean Maher, David McCallum,Morena Baccarin
  

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