--- product_id: 1478978 title: "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 [Blu-ray]" brand: "peter weller, michael emerson, jay oliva" price: "3578 som" currency: KGS in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.kg/products/1478978-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1-blu-ray store_origin: KG region: Kyrgyzstan --- # Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 [Blu-ray] **Brand:** peter weller, michael emerson, jay oliva **Price:** 3578 som **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 [Blu-ray] by peter weller, michael emerson, jay oliva - **How much does it cost?** 3578 som with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kg](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/1478978-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1-blu-ray) ## Best For - peter weller, michael emerson, jay oliva enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted peter weller, michael emerson, jay oliva brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1(Blu-ray) FICHA ARTÍSTICA Director: Jay Oliva Guión: Bob Goodman (Cómic: Frank Miller) Reparto: Animación Año de Produccion: 2012 ]]> ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Actors | Ariel Winter, David Selby, Michael Emerson, Michael McKean, Peter Weller | | Asin | B008RV5K5E | | Digital Copy Expiration Date | September 25, 2014 | | Director | Jay Oliva | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item Model Number | batman-dark-knight-returns-part-3 | | Media Format | Animated, Blu-ray, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen | | Mpaa Rating | PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) | | Number Of Discs | 1 | | Producers | Alan Burnett, Bruce Timm, Sam Register | | Product Dimensions | 0.5 x 5.4 x 6.7 inches; 0.01 ounces | | Release Date | September 25, 2012 | | Run Time | 1 hour and 16 minutes | | Studio | WarnerBrothers | | Writers | Bob Goodman | ## Product Details - **Genre:** Action & Adventure, Animation - **Format:** Animated, Blu-ray, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen - **Contributor:** Alan Burnett, Ariel Winter, Bob Goodman, Bruce Timm, David Selby, Jay Oliva, Michael Emerson, Michael McKean, Peter Weller, Sam Register, Wade Williams - **Language:** English - **Number Of Discs:** 1 ## Images ![Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 [Blu-ray] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91QkZs8kxoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Legend Returns *by on Reviewed in the United States October 27, 2012* [...]Over the past half decade or so, Bruce Timm and company have done an amazing job of creating these DTVs. Ranging from completely original stories to adaptions of popular story, so it was no surprise that The Dark Knight Returns was one of the most highly requested films for the group. With much joy, and a little reservation, we finally get The Dark Knight Returns. A story so dense that it becomes the first film adaption to warrant two separate DTVs!The Dark Knight Returns retains the style of the comic book fairly well. Which is both a blessing and a curse. The style loans itself to animation well as we've seen in both Batman: The Animated Series and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, but it's also not a style I'm personally too keen on. Well that is a bit strong, I really don't care for the overly bulky Batman design that this book used. It's just not a style that makes sense, and not many characters actually retain it. It really stands out when Batman is interacting with the new Robin in this film. His hands are also as large as her body!My dislike for the art-style aside, the film does animate and look fantastic in motion. Some of the more memorable moments, and especially some of the fights, look extremely wonderful when animated. Some of the shots for shots from the comics feel a little forced in motion, but it was cool to see that they included all of the iconic moments (from the first half at least) while building around them.I'd be honest, I haven't read the actual source material in nearly a decade so when I tell you it follows the story pretty straight-forward, I'm only going off of what I remembered. I'm sure there was stuff cut, but I couldn't point you to exact moments or pieces of dialog off the top of my head. I have read enough Frank Miller stuff to know that almost all of Batman's internal monologues had been cut from the film. Though, as a rule, a character speaking in their head isn't as easy to convey in animation. It's really a comic book thing.The writing on the other hand is a bit of a mixed bag. Some of it, I will chalk up to the source material. Frank Miller is a lot of things, but the most elegant writer he is not. A lot of the dialogue comes off as a bit hokey or stilted not only in their delivery, but just how they are phrased. Granted, I'm sure some of it is a product of the era. Slang from the 80s probably hasn't carried over well nearly 30 years later!On the bright side, the voice cast they got for this film is top-notch. While I have already expressed my love for Kevin Conroy as Batman, Peter Weller (Robocop!) as an elderly Batman/Bruce Wayne though knocks the performance out of the park. He just works so well for me, and he has a voice that is kind of serious and gravely without coming off as a bit of parody (still love you Bale!). And it's not just Weller who shines in this cast, David Selby as Commissioner Gordon and Michael Jackson as Bruce's loyal butler, Alfred, are perhaps have some of the best parts in the movie for me. Alfred is his usual dry self, but he does it with such charm that it is endearing. Selby brings a nice warmth, but toughness to Gordon, who is now up there in age, but dealing with a more reformed Gotham.The rest of the cast does a decent job, but aren't giving as much screen-time to work with aside from Ariel Winter as Carrie Kelley, the new Robin. I think she does a great job in the role, but there's nothing in this film that makes me believe that she should have been Robin. The whole idea of Robin has always been a bit of a stretch since Batman deals with really bad people. When Carrie first dons the costume, which is just a Halloween costume, we see her come off a bit clumsy and reckless to the point where you fear she may get herself killed. The fact that she is able to take down the Mutant Leader, or at least distract him long enough for Batman to do his thing, seems a bit contrived from what little we had seen of her up until that point. Yes, much like any Robin, she eventually does get training from Batman, but she hadn't earned much up to that point!Which brings us to the final point, the actual story in the movie. If you've read the comic, you pretty much know all the beats. We're about a decade out from the last sighting of the Batman. Gotham is in relative peace aside from a new gang calling themselves The Mutants, and Bruce is dealing with his life beyond the cape. Slowly, the pieces of the peace start to fall aside as the return of an old foe, Two-Face, triggers some events that leads to the return of Batman. Batman does battle with the mutants, which eventually escalates to an all-out assault planned on Gotham City.That's pretty much the extent of the plot. A lot of the political undertones from the source material have been removed from the adaption, though you still get discussion on whether or not Batman is better or worst for society. Ultimately, it is an odd talking point since a lot of this is focused on Batman and you see how much good he does for Gotham, but it also does mean he tends to bring out the wack jobs...And that's where The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 leaves off, it is a very smartly done cliffhanger. You are given a really solid movie from start to finish. It has a complete plot, but it dangles a very juicy carrot in front of you so that you will check out Part 2 when it drops next year. Sadly, I wish they would have been able to time the two releases closer together! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent movie - excellent translation of the comic *by on Reviewed in the United States June 20, 2013* This is the first of a two part animated translation of Frank Miller's classic work, The Dark Knight Returns.For fans of the original comic, the animation adopts most of the key concepts and visual motifs. It is also quite faithful to the plot and nuances. So if you are looking for a "faithful" adaptation this rises to expectations.If you are unfamiliar with that work, it can be a bit tricky. The fundamental part of the legend and myth of Batman are well known so the film makers and Frank Miller can be forgiven in not exploring the background except where it fits their fundamental themes about obsession and finding a meaning to one's life. The story of the rich young man who is scarred by crime as a child and who dedicates his life to fighting crime using his wealth and devoting his life to this end is generally well known. The book and film asks the basic question: what happens after a life time is spent fighting crime and now Batman is an old man? What has he got to show for his efforts? Is the world a better place? Has he made any difference other than to beat up a lot of thugs and crooks?The details about particular villains, key plot themes (like the Batcave, Batmobile, Dick Grayson, and Jason Todd) and relationships (James Gordon, Selina Kyle)are assumed. If you are unclear as to who is Two-Face, Catwoman, and such, you can figure it out with careful viewing and listening to the context of the dialog but frankly that is like reading about the end of Hercules without knowing about the 12 Labors or Mysterious Island without 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and how it affected Captain Nemo. The production values are excellent with smooth animation and the action scenes are well done and faithful to the original comic. The voice acting is also excellent - not the same cast found in the superb Batman: The Animated Series but it is still very well done.SPOILERThe comic and movie points out that one man, even when he is the Batman, can only do so much by himself. He must somehow change the world around him in some lasting way if he is to have any positive legacy. The obsession of Batman forces him to tie up loose ends in the present and the past. The present is manifest in the form of the Mutants, a gang based on raw power and brutality with no subtlety. The past is represented by Two-Face and the Joker. Two-Face, (once Harvey Dent, close friend of Bruce Wayne) forces Bruce to accept that there are some things his good efforts can't fix. The Joker is his classic foe - the irrational psychopath. Batman grasps and easily can deal with rational foes - their actions are predictable and motivations understandable. Counter measures can therefore be taken. The Joker doesn't fit and just wants to play and Batman is the ideal foil. The comic and movie leads us to conclude that Batman can do a lot to help stop rational crime but irrational behavior can't always be treated/cured and by definition may have no sane solution.The world is larger than just Gotham City and when national and international politics intrude, it brings Superman into conflict. Finally Batman accepts that he has not only grown old and can't fight on as he once did, he has to engage the greater world outside of Gotham. To make his life meaningful and leave changes that are lasting he'll have to take on the world's problems. For Batman fans, it leaves the irony that he becomes very similar to his legendary enemy, Ra's al-Ghul. His intentions are clearly better and he isn't willing to see the deaths of millions to achieve his ends, but the final scene of him creating a secret organization working towards his aims and goals while keeping to the shadow and training successful generations to take on the struggle cannot be an accident. Frank Miller must have meant this as a final point and does it nicely with the subtle parallelism with Ra's al-Ghul. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great adaptation. *by on Reviewed in the United States January 11, 2013* Faithful to the sourceI'm mainly writing this review in order to regain some of the product's footing after a slew of one star reviews given by people who seem to have somehow confused this film with Christopher Nolan's, "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES." It just so happens that this movie is fantastic in its own right and deserves the accolades given by the more knowledgeable viewers.Many of the negative reviews I've read have mentioned that they were "duped" or "ripped off" by Amazon for releasing this stellar animated feature from Warner Brothers. Ok, I understand that they have the same distributor and you might not be the biggest fan of Gotham's most famous vigilante, but surely you would have read the product description, yeah? I mean unless you've been living under a rock the size of Uluru, you would've at least glanced the box art and realised that that was indeed not Christian Bale on the cover juxtaposed with an incendiary bat symbol from one of the most ubiquitous movie posters of the last decade. You of course noticed that Peter Weller was not the actor you expected to see fighting Bane (who's not credited on this blu ray) alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt and that you'd never heard of a director named Jay Oliva. Right?However, if you used your super sleuthing skills to come to the conclusion that a film titled "THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS" is just that and no more, then you're in for a treat. The movie itself is a great adaptation of a very special graphic novel by the talented Frank Miller. It holds true to the theme of the original 80s manuscript and lends itself to cinematic interpretation. Unlike a lot of "graphic novels" that are actually collections of a comic book's natural and lengthy story cycle, Miller's story was originally intended to be a singular story with a strong and narrow focus. This helps avoid the pitfalls that other comic-based stories tend to have, where it's just one guest appearance/mindless action romp/plot jump after another. This picture is a honed and self-motivating piece that attempts to explain how Bruce Wayne is more Batman than Bruce Wayne. It's a great theme to run with and I think it pulls it off. I might have liked to see at least a hint of Batman's internal monologue as it was portrayed in the book, but I'm aware that film is a different animal to literature and some hard decisions had to be made.If you are a person who has dabbled in Warner Brother's other DC universe animated outings, then I would put this above the much-loved BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD (which I too enjoyed, if that gives you any reference) and even BATMAN: YEAR ONE (another Miller-penned gem).If you came to see THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, I think you'll be delighted with the quality of animation and respect that this release has given to its source material. If you're here to see THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, you might want to learn how to read. ## Frequently Bought Together - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 [Blu-ray] - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 [Blu-ray] - Batman: Under the Red Hood [Blu-ray] --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.kg/products/1478978-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1-blu-ray](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/1478978-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1-blu-ray) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kyrgyzstan* *Store origin: KG* *Last updated: 2026-06-05*