The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1

Episode aired Mar 1, 2023
TV-PG

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.4K

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Brandon McKnight in The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1 (2023)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

The Flash is forced to make an impossible choice; with the power out in the city, Team Flash calls upon the Rogue Squad to help; Iris is visited by an old friend; Joe and Cecile work on find... Read allThe Flash is forced to make an impossible choice; with the power out in the city, Team Flash calls upon the Rogue Squad to help; Iris is visited by an old friend; Joe and Cecile work on finding a balance.The Flash is forced to make an impossible choice; with the power out in the city, Team Flash calls upon the Rogue Squad to help; Iris is visited by an old friend; Joe and Cecile work on finding a balance.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
A few of Red Death's lines were derived of quotes from Batman in various forms of media, such as comics, TV shows and movies:
"I am vengeance. I am the knight."
"Criminals. A superstitious and cowardly lot."
"Everybody's got their limits. I ignore mine."
"You wanna get nuts? C'mon, let's get nuts!"

Goofs
At 36:38 Barry verbally says the line; Khione is right, however, the subtitles mistakenly read; Caitlin is right.

Quotes
Hartley Rathaway: Flash is out by Route 119.
Jaco Birch: Well, let's go get him right now.
Goldface: How do you suppose we do that? You got a teleporter we don't know about?
Allegra Garcia: Actually, I do.

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Featured review

4/10

I can see why Batwoman was cancelled

Oh boy, where to start.

Javicia Leslie as Red Death just does not work. Her incredibly bad acting is probably the reason Batwoman did not live to see a fourth season (that it got two extra seasons after Ruby Rosw left is a miracle).

She is just not believable as a villain here, and as much as I want to blame the stiff suit she has on for her stiff acting, her performance without the suit was not much better. Often, she would very much go into overacting territory, and it immediately ruins the viewing experience.

The character as written is supposed to be menacing, but whenever she takes off the mask, Javicia turns the whole affair into a goofy mess.

Nothing works about this character, and her turn into the Red Death here feels like it was forced by the higher ups at CW to give the Batwoman characters and world the send off they never got.

I'm not sure she deserves it. Nor does the cast of the Flash deserve this dead weight of a "lead actress".