Batman bio

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2006)

Just when you thought you couldn't stand even one more movie based on a comic book superhero, along comes "Batman Begins" to redeem your faith in the genre.
This film serves the same function for the previous "Batman" movies that the "Star War" prequels do for the original "Star Wars." In this film, we learn how it is that a shy, sensitive young lad named Bruce Wayne grows up to become a crime-fighting superhero known as Batman, replete with flying cape, mask and a heavily armored vehicle called the batmobile. We learn what it is that causes him to dedicate his life to eradicating evil and righting wrongs in the fictional enclave of Gotham City. I don't want to give away any of the major plot points, but suffice it to say that it involves a childhood tragedy, a desire for revenge, and the love of a morally pure young woman who sets him straight at a key moment in the story.
"Batman Begins" succeeds primarily because it paints its central figure in realistic, believable terms. It takes us step by step through the process by which Wayne transforms himself into Batman, not just in terms of the physical accoutrements that go into making up his superhero persona but the psychological development he must undergo before he can fully take on the superhero mantle. Thus, "Batman Begins" works on the dual level of an action/adventure picture and a human drama.
"Batman begins" boasts fine art direction and special effects, exciting action sequences and first-rate performances by Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, and (a distressingly emaciated) Liam Neeson.
This is the best "Batman" movie to hit the big screen yet.