More than 40 years ago, Marv Wolfman & George Perez created Deathstroke as a foe for The New Teen Titans. Riding the wave of popularity of that series, Deathstroke has been awarded his own DC Comics series on several occasions over the last 30 years. Last year, producer Greg Berlanti (who else?) developed an online animated movie that was supposed to be a series of shorts. "Knights & Dragons" was released as a feature film last summer, and currently is streaming on CW Seed & HBO Max.
The continuity in the movie is far, far removed from Wolfman & Perez's original vision.
Slade Wilson (Michael Chiklis, ex-Gotham, The Shield, The Commish) maintains the pose of a businessman insofar as his wife, Addie (Sasha Alexander, ex-Dawson's Creek) and son Joseph know. The cover, however, is blown when an old enemy abducts Joseph.
I should note that in the books, Slade actually had three children. Eldest son Grant, the original Ravager, was killed off in New Teen Titans (1st series) 2, leading to Slade taking on his contract for the H. I. V. E. Joseph and his sister, Rose (Ravager II), came along later. As Jericho, Joseph's abilities are vastly different from the comics and his appearances on Titans. It appears that as far as DC is concerned, Grant has been ret-conned out.
Here's the trailer:
Rating: B.
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