|
 BATMAN
BEGINS
With
Christian
Bale,
Liam
Neeson,
Morgan
Freeman,
Katie
Holmes,
Gary
Oldman,
Rutger
Hauer,
Michael
Caine
Directed
by
Christopher
Nolan
After
Joel
Schumacher's
systematic
campifying
of
the
Batman
franchise,
we
thought
there
was
no
way
the
dark
knight
could
ever
be
redeemed.
That's
until
Memento
director
Christopher
Nolan
and
American
Psycho
actor
Christian
Bale
teamed
up
to
breathe
new
life
into
the
comic
book
hero.
Not
as
bizarre
as
Tim
Burton's
visions
either,
here
the
genesis
of
Batman's
crime
fighting
get
a
realistic
edge.
As
the
wealthy
heir
of
the
Wayne
industrial
millions,
Bruce
goes
in
self-imposed
exile
to
understand
the
mind
of
the
criminal.
This
happens
years
after
the
murder
of
his
parents
and
the
confrontation
with
his
helplessness
as
Gotham
City
slips
into
crime.
Sought
and
taught
by
a
secret
vigilante
ninja
sect,
he
gains
the
knowledge,
strength
and
technique
to
defeat
his
enemies
and
return
to
Gotham
City
to
exact
some
justice.
With
classified
equipment
from
Wayne
Industries'
unused
military
applications,
he
takes
on
the
big
boys
and
their
minions
out
to
tear
Gotham
City
apart.
Deep,
dark,
invigorating,
slick
and
brilliantly
made
with
a
great
cast,
don't
expect
a
lot
of
neon
lighting,
cheap
lines
or
any
butt-shots…
(OK,
I
counted
two
crappy
car-related
one-liners,
but
hey,
you
can't
be
deadly
serious
all
the
time).
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C
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