Keep this in the cave

Rating: Null/10 (22 June 2005)

May Contain Spoilers: This movie has scenes that make me think it was shot as an R movie and edited to PG13. Parents: keep your children under 13 away from this one. This has aspects of a horror movie. The insane asylum scenes belong in a George Romero movie and the hallucinations in a John Carpenter movie. Kids under 13 might get nightmares from these.
This movie is SUPER LOUD. Bring two sets of ear plugs and sit in the back row.
It's 135 million dollars of FX with a trite plot and one dimensional characters thrown in. What's bad about the movie: The ninja scenes are trite garbage. The editing is confused. The few attempts at humor aren't funny. The end sequence is lame.
The movie spends time showing why Batman is Batman but the attempts to develop the character relationships are unconvincing and poorly written.
The plot is trite as are the FX.
About the characters: Mr. Bale could have been good if he was given any decent lines. Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman seem way out of place in this action movie. (Freeman said he only did it for the money.)
What's good about the movie: The Batmobile chase scene is exciting.