Batman & Harley Quinn Review: 3 Ups & 8 Downs

4. There's A Creepy Fan Service Sex Scene

Batman And Harley Quinn Nightwing
Warner Bros.

Following on from The Killing Joke's embarrassing fan service sex scene between Barbara Gordon and Batman last year, there's another, almost equally creepy one in this movie.

After Harley defeats Nightwing in a fight, she ties him to her bed and starts stripping off, at which point he warns her, "Don't get any ideas", which she follows by turning the light off and mounting him.

Nightwing tries to protest but is ultimately helpless against her charms, as she tells him, "Be a good boy and maybe, maybe mom'll give you a cookie." At least the banging takes place off-screen, but still, it feels so out-of-place and wildly, cynically pandering to sex-starved nerds.

Batman And Harley Quinn
Warner Bros.
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