Deathstroke: Knight & Dragons Review - 7 Ups & 1 Down From The Series Premiere

6. The R Rating

With the debut of the DC Universe, much of DC's new programming hasn't been afraid to push the boundaries in terms of violence and nudity. We've seen it in Titans and the service's animated revival Young Justice: Outsiders but, in all honesty, there are times that it comes off as gratuitous because those shows never really needed that.

That, however, is not the case here as Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons doesn't just benefit from its R rating, it thrives because of it. From endlessly violent showdowns to a ton of bloody - and downright cringe-inducing - deaths, the show isn't for the faint of heart, but it is completely in-line with the Deathstroke that we know.

Unlike the aforementioned shows, Deathstroke isn't a hero and thus, Knights & Dragons shouldn't treat him in the same squeaky clean way that other animated shows would treat their respective heroes. He's a violent mercenary that, in spite of a somewhat skewed code, isn't afraid to make things bloody - and this show reflects that.