Big, Bad Bat is Back!

Rating: 9/10 (20 July 2006)

Batman Begins seemed like a very unenthusiastic film at first, given that all the great Batman villains (the Joker, the Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler, Two-Face and Mr. Freeze) had already had their moment in the spotlight. I initially thought very little of the Scarecrow. I was amazed at this film.
Actually, I may had been blown away by the brilliant cast including such names as Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson and Michael Caine. Reagardless, Batman Begins was a big, dark film with lots of action and great characters.
The feel is very different from the Burton-Schumacher Era, but that luckily only gives the film what it needs to stand out. A few scenes were a bit corny and did not quite match the over-all tone of the film, but otherwise, this is a brilliant return for the Dark Knight.