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Every super hero has his nemesis - and this time Flash has that murderous mischief maker the Trickster (Hamill). The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster combines 2 episodes from the short lived 90's TV Series called 'The Trickster' and the 'Trial of the Trickster'. Like i wrote to my actual review of the entire Series those 2 episodes have like a lot of Batman References and it's easy for me to spot them easily since i have seen the Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and basically i know a lot of stuff about the Dark Knight for instance before Harley Quinn was introduced to the Batman TV Series there was Prank Trickster's beautiful and crazy assistant in crime and just like Harley and the Joker their relationship was never about actual love but just Trickster using them so she could provide him with weapons and vehicles also both Joker and Trickster are just crazy in general, they are murderers, criminals, they both hate 2 men that wear a mask and their pretty good in disguises. The whole plot point where the Flash gets brainwashed reminds me of when Batman was poisoned by Joker and somewhere about Arkham Knight just before the ending Batman started loosing his mind and it kinda shows how both men affected the superheroes as a whole. Megan Lockhart also returns for both adventures in order to help Flash and Tina to catch this maniac. The best part of both films or episodes at this point was Mark Hamill he is terrific on portraying this character and as much as he might be the villain you just love him for it. (A+)
jrdlegolas
This "movie" was just the season finally (and it ended being the series)of the Flash TV show. In it the Trickster, a psychotic magician who was caught in a previous episode, breaks out of his trail and goes on a mad spree through the town, even brainwashes the Flash. This shouldn't be viewed as a stand alone movie, it is part of a series and is the wrap up to the 22 episodes that precede it. Also to comment on a previous comment by JR, the Trickster didn't come from the future, that was another episode with a villain named The Ghost. The episode was entitled "The Ghost in the Machine." I personally love this series as a whole and this episode is on of my top favorites, but i don't think it should have ever been produced as a stand alone movie, especially since they changed the title to the Trickster's Revenge when the 2 hour episode was called "The Trial of the Trickster." Thats the end of my fanboy commenting.
JR
Once again the first season of The Flash produces a second film. This one went far enough to get mark Hamill to play the Trickster, who was frozen I believe in the 50s to be thawed out in the 90s. He, the Trickster, plays the role of the criminal genius born far before his time, so he freezes himself to awaken in 2000, but the timer malfunctions and releases him in the 90s. It was very campy but a good super hero story worthy of comic book legend. If only Sci-fi channel would rerun this series and its films to remind people and entertain younger generations.
gavinbrown
From the beginning with Danny Elfman's theme this made for video movie displays an ability to entertain beyond it's low budget TV expectations. Mark Hamill's performance as The Trickster is wonderfully over the top and seems inspired by the 1960's Batman series as does the art direction and cinematography. The Flash II clearly outshines the original pilot episode and shows how great this short lived series could be. Not so happy as a clown but happy none the less.
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