Awesome, very well done

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2006)

With superb performances all round from a heavily British cast, particularly Bale in the lead and the ever entertaining Cillian Murphy as his foe, this is by far the best Batman movie so far. Christopher Nolan out darkens Burton in the way of both style and action proving himself to be in the leagues of Sam Raimi in the superhero genre.
The only two faults I can find is that it does exactly what it says on the tin and nothing more, it quite literally tells you how Batman Begins. The only other problem is the lack of a decent villain which is essential for a truly great superhero movie. The great, up and coming Cillian Murphy is very much underused as the fantastic character 'The Scarecrow.' But other than that this is a two and a half hours of pure, thankfully anti-camp, entertainment.