Good combination of a back story and action elements.

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2005)

i enjoyed the background story. and most of the action scenes were dead on superhero cool. overall, other than the first, the best batman to come out. I liked that I didn't have to overcome my "Michael Keaton, val Kilmer, George Clooney" yeah right, they CAN'T be Batman phobia. The new guy did a good job playing it low key, no overacting etc. Gotham itself was very convincing (not sure which major city they used). I liked that there was an under riding moral story through the whole movie. Gary Oldman also played a good low key part as the young version of Commissioner Gordon (as a new cop on the job).
Definitely recommend seeing it.