Rating of
4/4
Beginning of a Comic Legend
Jr Movie Lover - wrote on 07/25/10
This is a perfect way to explain Batman's rise to notoriety in Gotham City. The acting of Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Katie Holmes, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Liam Neesen are all good additions to this film. Tom Wilkinson, Ken Watanabe, Rutger Hauer, Colin Mcfarlane and Linus Roache all have good B level performances as minor characters in the plot. Cillian Murphy as Jonathan Crane is disturbing yet beautiful at the same time. If not for Heath Ledger as the Joker in the Dark Knight I would rank Cillian's performance as the second best batman villian aside from Carrey as the Riddler. Michael Caine is more of a mentor like Alfred then I am accustomed to seeing and I enjoyed that. Liam Neesen as Ra'S Al Ghul the immortal foe of Batman is also very riveting. Katie Holmes I did not like as Rachel Dawes due to Rachel not being part of the Batman Mythology but she did good with what she had. Morgan Freeman led a great addition to the cast with his portrayal of the Made for movie character of Lucius Fox. The effects were excellent. The Plot was actually followable and the Ending was a great plot twist. All and All go see this film. Actually rent it cause it was out in 05 lol.
