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Rise of the Black Bat

  • 2012
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
1.3/10
984
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Rise of the Black Bat (2012)
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After a crime boss has Tony Quinn blinded by acid, Tony is given the ability to see in the dark like a bat. Them he takes the guise of the Black Bat to see to it that crime does not pay and ... Read allAfter a crime boss has Tony Quinn blinded by acid, Tony is given the ability to see in the dark like a bat. Them he takes the guise of the Black Bat to see to it that crime does not pay and that the scales of justice are balanced once more.After a crime boss has Tony Quinn blinded by acid, Tony is given the ability to see in the dark like a bat. Them he takes the guise of the Black Bat to see to it that crime does not pay and that the scales of justice are balanced once more.

  • Director
    • Brett Kelly
  • Writers
    • Trevor Payer
    • Norman Daniels
  • Stars
    • Jody Haucke
    • Richard Groen
    • Dixie Collins
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  • IMDb RATING
    1.3/10
    984
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Brett Kelly
    • Writers
      • Trevor Payer
      • Norman Daniels
    • Stars
      • Jody Haucke
      • Richard Groen
      • Dixie Collins
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    Jody Haucke
    • Tony Quinn…
    Richard Groen
    Richard Groen
    • Silk Kirby
    Dixie Collins
    • Carol Baldwin
    Leo Frost
    • Oliver Snate
    John E. McLenachan
    • Steve
    • (as John E McLenachan)
    Dan Demarbre
    Dan Demarbre
    • Ken
    • (as a different name)
    Celine Filion
    Celine Filion
    • Roberta
    Paul Finnigan
    • Informant
    Anik Rompré
    • Mugging Victim
    Anthony Quinn
    • Mugger
    Edmay Tasse
    • Mugger
    Chris Urquhart
    • Assassin
    Brett Kelly
    • Doctor
    • (as Mile Long)
    Anne-Marie Frigon
    • Doctor
    • (as Teresa Pike)
    Ian Quick
    • Gun Dealer
    Darren Stevens
    • DJ Johnny Balzac
    Angela Zakos
    • Brandy
    Bianca Jasmine Gray
    • Mandy
    • Director
      • Brett Kelly
    • Writers
      • Trevor Payer
      • Norman Daniels
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    1gameridiot100836

    uhh are you serious right now??

    This movie is extremely boring and it looks like its created in a hostage situation. The budget looks like a less than a dollar movie and it looks like the director gave the actors a dime for their """amazing""" acting.

    The script is oh my goodness, this looks like a script for a kindergartener play.

    This terrible movie has caused me to be too dull to go to school and i failed my easiest quiz i have ever took. Not even the costumes have reached their 5 dollar budget, even i can make a good costume in just within 5 dollars. Also i bet that the director is too drunk and they created this film.
    Snootz

    Couldn't get past the trailer

    Okay, this is the first movie I have ever reviewed based on the trailer alone.

    When the trailer started out, the tone of the narrator's voice gave me high hopes for a superb schlock film. But alas, as the tedious minute and a half wore on it became apparent this did not live up to the reputation of quality schlock; it was just plain bad.

    It's not often one can judge a movie from just the trailer, but at about the 45-second point I became judge, jury and executioner, quite confident in my decision to NOT turn that wasted time into an hour and a half. All I want to say to the producers of this film is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for releasing a trailer and saving us all from spending our time attempting to watch the actual movie itself.

    Up until this film I thought spoiler trailers were a bad thing.
    1aodhgar

    Fall of the Black Bat

    There's nothing decent to be said of this film. Well, there are a couple of actresses who are easy on the eyes. However, other than a few pretty faces, this film is inauspicious. I am unable to come upon reason to suggest this film to anyone.

    Although, if you are one who is able to realize a farcical value in such enervating films which suffer; unpropitious lighting and sound; unsightly or unimaginative set and costume design; languid scripts containing often nonsensical, diaphanous or practically nonexistent plots (porno plots); vacuous and often nonsensical directing which acts to only further disquiet and confound the often exanimate, diffident, unseasoned or untalented actors who have likely been left nonplus and prostrate in the wake of a tenuous or execrable script, then this movie may be just what you're looking for.

    My wife enjoyed this movie. She said it was so bad that it was funny. I think her to suffer a slightly skewed perspective.
    1MinistryofDoom

    So bad it makes me want to destroy my TV and never watch a movie ever again

    Five words: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?? Rise of the Black Bat is a cheap...and I mean CHEAP....attempt at cashing in on the wave of superhero films. Black Bat is Batman without pointy ears and has the exact same origin story as Daredevil. What? They couldn't continue fleshing out this "superhero"? Maybe he was part of a Weapon XYZ program and has ada..I mean titanium claws that come out of his hands? Maybe he can shoot webs like some sort of spider...guy? Please, do yourself a HUGE favor and avoid this garbage at all costs. For high quality entertainment with real superheroes, go watch Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix instead or watch Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises...which coincidentally (or not) came out in 2012, the same year that this apparent failed cash grab came out. The Rise of the Black Bat should be the DOWNFALL of D-list Hollywood hacks trying to cash in on quality entertainment but alas...we'll only see more of this garbage.
    2Billiam-4

    There's hardly anything to recommend

    There's hardly anything to recommend this bottom-of-the-barrel cheap attempt to be a superhero thriller with poor results in all departments and not even room for involuntary laughs.

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    • Trivia
      The character of the Black Bat is based on the golden age pulp character who came out the same month as the first appearance of Batman. The Black Bat's origin was "borrowed" and used as the basis for Two-Face and Daredevil.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Wil Wheaton Project: Episode #1.2 (2014)

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Black Bat Rises
    • Filming locations
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Brett Kelly Entertainment
      • Dudez Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 20m(80 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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