Batman Begins
(2005)
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Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a terrifying alter-ego. Millionaire playboy will become a dark creature of the night. But which is the mask...? |
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The Daily Express
Generally it is solid, straightforward and looks fantastic. Memento director Christopher Nolan has done the character proud and there is one breathtaking shot of a brooding Batman perched on a vast skyscraper surveying the rotten city below. Just like Spiderman, the film leaves you with the feeling that everything is now in place for what should be a really terrific sequel.
Halliwell's Film Guide
An edgy, brooding drama that covers familiar ground but does so in an original way, concentrating on the interior life of a superhero who lacks super powers. It contains a rare, mythic power in its ideological confrontation of Old Testament retribution an