out of all the batman film so far and include all the live action film and this one be still the only one to really explore the character of bruce wayne or batman and examine what drive him to become batman . it have a great story that flash back to just before bruce take up the mantle of the bat and the woman he be involve with at the time and then skip forward to an unknown assassin kill gotham city mobster and and we see how the 2 story meet . the writing be top notch and in no way predictable and the voice act by kevin conroy a batman and mark hamill a the joker truly amazing and bone chillingly scary . the only complaint be that the animation could have be good at some point and but that be because it be originally mean to be a straight to video release before warner saw what a masterpiece they have create and and also it should have run for a little bit longer and but oh well . if you haven not yet see it i highly recommend it .