Batman Begins

4.14
    Batman Begins
    2005

    Synopsis

    Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

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    Cast

    • Christian BaleBruce Wayne / Batman
    • Liam NeesonHenri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul
    • Katie HolmesRachel Dawes
    • Michael CaineAlfred Pennyworth
    • Gary OldmanJames Gordon
    • Cillian MurphyJonathan Crane / Scarecrow
    • Morgan FreemanLucius Fox
    • Tom WilkinsonCarmine "The Roman" Falcone
    • Mark Boone JuniorArnold Flass
    • Ken WatanabeDecoy Ra's al Ghul

    Recommendations

    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      For Christopher Nolan to turn Batman Begins into such a smart, gritty, brooding, visceral experience is astonishing. Truly, Batman does begin again.
    • 80

      Empire

      Significantly grittier than previous Bat-beginnings, this finds new things to do with, and say about, a character who's been around since 1938.
    • 80

      L.A. Weekly

      Of course, a Batman movie is nothing without a Bruce Wayne, and, by a mile, Bale is the best of a lot that has ranged from the square-jawed slapstick of Adam West to the more dedbonair stylings of Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney.
    • 75

      Rolling Stone

      The buildup is steadily engrossing. That's because Nolan keeps the emphasis on character, not gadgets. Gotham looks lived in, not art-directed.
    • 75

      Boston Globe

      In Batman Begins, Christian Bale gives us the best Bruce Wayne that has ever graced the screen.
    • 70

      Variety

      Ambitious, well made but not exactly rousing.
    • 60

      Village Voice

      Nolan and his co-screenwriter David Goyer can only press the big buttons so hard—it's still an old-school superhero summer movie, the plotting tortuous, the characters relegated to one-scene-one-emotion simplicity, the digitized action a never ending club mix of chases and mano a manos.
    • 50

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      Begins, at two-hours-plus, is a nonstarter.

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