Alias Batman and Robin (1991)

You have to love these cheapo foreign take-offs on popular film franchises and characters. In this one it's the old "Batman and Robin" TV show, made in the Philipines for what looks like a zero budget.There's a lot of pretty girls around and tons of silliness as the heroes fight crime, most notably the Joker and the Penguin. There's also a lot of music, as in one sequence when the Joker and Penguin go to rob what looks like a bank, and they break out into song! The music is actually pretty funny as they are remakes of 50s and 60s tunes with "Batman and Robin" lyrics thrown in. For instance, The Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari" gets changed around with lyrics such as, "Holy smokes, Batman and Robin, Oh my God, Batman and Robin, Praise the Lord, Batman and Robin..." The film concludes with a musical sequence that has to be seen to be disbelieved, as many people in superhero costumes (DC and Marvel comics, including a midget Spider-Man) sing and dance to a remake of "At The Hop." There is no doubt whatsoever that this is a fun film to watch, although not to be taken seriously at all.

Well for one thing, this movie is not weird. It has the Filipino blend of comedy. Meaning it would be wacky, tons of slapstick, hilarious dialogue and of course a song or dance scene. This spoof of the popular Batman and Robin characters never let me down for a knee slapper. The costumes are poor imitations from the old Batman television series. Joey De Leon's antics as Batman and his real life son as Robin was nothing but classic Filipino comedy. Joker was the best villain in the movie. The laugh of his was immortalized by the late Rene Requiestas. While Tiyo Paenguin was played by one of the Philippines' top comedians, Panchito. The tandem works well and the on screen performance is nothing but short of laughs. However corny or cheesy the movie gets, Filipino's comedic innovation is at its worst and best.

A very cheap, boring "version" of the dynamic duo. Anybody at DC Comics should file a case against those who are responsible for this crap. This is a complete diss Bob Kane and the million and million of Batman fanatics!

This movie features Philippines' funnyman Joey De Leon taking on the mantle of Batman. The story is actually a parody of the popular 1960's TV show and has absolutely nothing in common with the current dark Batman movies, comics, animated series, save for the costumes and the aliases. The producers couldn't change the names for something that sounds cool. They wanted a Batman parody and how can you change a name like Batman? Not surprisingly, Regal Studios went into legal entanglement with Warner Bros., but it looks like Regal won.Watching the movie from a a strong critical viewpoint, the movie is totally pathetic. The movie is simply made for fun, even poking jokes about Batman, such as the bat-synonyms: Bat-coffee, bat-juice etc. Most of the humor is made for the country of origin (Philippines). Batfans may have hated Warner Bros.' BATMAN & ROBIN for ruining the franchise. This one takes no pretensions of its inspiration. The ending features a weird dance number by "superheroes" from both Marvel and DC. If you're a batfan, you just might want to check this movie out for sheer curiosity.