outstanding

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2005)

This movie is outstanding in almost every respect. Not only is it arguably the best movie of the genre, but it should be considered a very good film on its own merits. I left the theatre feeling as if I had just watched an extremely well-crafted and engaging movie that happens to be about a superhero. The cast is great from top to bottom -Bale perfectly finds a balance of emotional complexity and moral growth that needed for this realist rendition of the comic book hero. Gary Oldman is great as a conscientious cop and, even though she might have been corrupted by that alien scientologist Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes does a credible job as an Assistant DA with the right amount of moxie, faith and determination. Caine, Freeman and Neison are, as usual, excellent despite the fact that the former two feel a little under-utilized but they more than make up for it by capitalizing on the screen time they were given to work with. Definitely a movie not to be missed this summer and one that should be seen on the big screen.