Batman Begins redeems a series that I thought was unredeemable

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2005)

This film was probably the least hyped of the 5 Batman installments but I think that possibly played into its favor. It's a fresh new beginning for the franchise and its legions of fans. Appropriately titled, Batman Begins is a prequel to the very successful series of 4 films that were released over a course of 8 years. By the end of that series the state of it was not good. Batman & Robin was a joke compared to the 3 movies released prior. It had went from being a dark, brooding captivating thriller in the first two to a cartoonish poorly executed mess in Batman and Robin. Batman Begins regains the darkness that Batman began with effectively explaining how Bruce Wayne in fact took on his alter persona. Christian Bale plays the best Bruce Wayne yet as he is tormented by his parents death and is thirsty for justice to make sure what happened to him does not happen to anyone else. This was hinted in all of the previous 4 but never explored like it is here Liam Neeson who in fact is pretty much responsible for making Batman while in fact proves to be quite the enemy of both Bruce Wayne and Batman. With a stellar cast which wasn't used in its marketing like some of the other ones pull off in each role. Michael Caine was amazing as Alfred and Morgon Freeman as Fox, who is always good in any film he is in added a lot to the film as well. Go see Batman Begins you will not be disappointed.
**** out of four