Sunday, May 4, 2025

Rise of the Black Bat (2012)

District attorney Tony Quinn is blinded by an acid attack. After an  experimental surgery gives him night vision, he becomes the cowled crime fighter the Black Bat.

Soon after Silk Kirby breaks into Quinn’s house to warn him that the man who blinded him is sending someone over to break into his house and kill him.  While Quinn is skeptical that Silk isn’t the assassin, Silk volunteers to be a decoy for the killer. Later once the killer’s plan goes awry, Silk volunteers to be his man Friday. When asked why he’s helping him, he says because Quinn convicted Silk’s brother, which made Silk realize he should stop following in his  footsteps.

Many of the night scenes appear to be lit with either a flashlight or car headlights. Other scenes are available light, such as street lights or lights on buildings.

Some of the music is from another source. I can’t quite think of what it is, but it’s either needle drop music or maybe it’s from iTunes movie.

There is a lot of padding in the production. The first 13 minutes have almost no dialogue other than a voiceover which states who Quinn is.  Later there is a long drawn out bikini contest in a theater. There are four contestants and each of them dance. Yup, you don’t just get the idea of the contest. You have to be bored out of your skull by the contest.  Also one of the contestants looks like she spent a week in a tanning bed or used a bad spray on tan. It’s distracting and not in a good way.


Hilarious dialogue

My name is Kirby. Silk Kirby.

Silk: I heard it through the grapevine someone was going to break into your house tonight.
Quinn: Someone did break into my house tonight.
Silk: Not me [who has just broken into Quinn’s home]

His vision is at less than 10% now and it will be completely gone by the end of the day. There’s nothing that medical science can do for him now.

Snake took my eyes. What good is a man without his eyes? What kind of a district attorney can I be now?

I’m blind. I can’t see.

Tell Oliver Snake that he better keep a night light on because he’s about to be afraid of the dark.

Using a flashlight or the overhead light in the
car to light the scene



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