A modern graphic and hard edged and hard core dark origins film. A nice reboot of the "Batman" movies.

Rating: 8/10 (12 July 2008)

In 2005 with "Batman Begins" the public got to see a new look and vision of "Batman" and thanks to director Christopher Nolan it was time that the bat movies took on more of a new direction especially one that focused on characterizations and this would tell more about the dark knights origins. Unlike the other films that showed Bruce Wayne(Christian Bale) as always being a spoiled wronged rich playboy who decided to fight crime and evil after the murder of his parents, Nolan decided to show it a little different. True Wayne's parents were killed in a tragedy, yet as Nolan shows Wayne wasn't always good as thru his youth he developed a lust and a knack for the wrong by committing small crimes of his own. It's then we see while locked away at an international prison that Wayne fights to come to terms with his dark past of fear and the one man who mentors him is the tough yet harsh and strange Henri Ducard(Liam Neeson)who's style is that of a death penalty punisher. Wayne takes the training but his methods become more of a justice fighter against evil not an agent of death. As he returns to Gotham after many years to reunite with family friend and butler Alfred(played wonderful by Michael Caine)Wayne has ideas thru his enterprise to develop into a new type of person and that's into "Batman" to fight crime! As the city is over flowing with crime, corruption and greed as the only cop that "Batman" has trust in is Jim Gordon(Gary Oldman)as any bat fan knows this would later be police chief. Night by night the city has a new knight to strike fear into the hearts of evil as he has confronted his fear and by using strength, high-tech weapons and smarts he is a force to the evil of Gotham. Bale was great as "Batman" he was very direct and he acted well as his nature fit the costume well. Really a great reboot from Nolan at a time when the classic legendary comic series needed it especially on the big screen. It shed new light on my favorite hero after seeing a different and more hard edged characterization of his origins. So all that makes for a great film.