Editorial Reviews
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Batman Begins discards the previous four films in the series
and recasts the Caped Crusader as a fearsome avenging angel. That's good
news, because the series, which had gotten off to a rousing start under
Tim Burton, had gradually dissolved into self-parody by 1997's Batman & Robin. As the title implies, Batman Begins
tells the story anew, when Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) flees Western
civilization following the murder of his parents. He is taken in by a
mysterious instructor named Ducard (Liam Neeson in another mentor role)
and urged to become a ninja in the League of Shadows, but he instead
returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end the mob rule that is
strangling it. But are there forces even more sinister at hand? Co-written by the team of David S. Goyer (a veteran comic book writer) and director Christopher Nolan (Memento), Batman Begins is a welcome return to the grim and gritty version of the Dark Knight, owing a great debt to the graphic novels that preceded it. It doesn't have the razzle dazzle, or the mass appeal, of Spider-Man 2
(though the Batmobile is cool), and retelling the origin means it
starts slowly, like most "first" superhero movies. But it's certainly
the best Bat-film since Burton's original, and one of the best superhero
movies of its time. Bale cuts a good figure as Batman, intense and
dangerous but with some of the lightheartedness Michael Keaton brought
to the character. Michael Caine provides much of the film's humor as the
family butler, Alfred, and as the love interest, Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek)
is surprisingly believable in her first adult role. Also featuring Gary
Oldman as the young police officer Jim Gordon, Morgan Freeman as a
Q-like gadgets expert, and Cillian Murphy as the vile Jonathan Crane. --David Horiuchi
Product Description
Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.
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