Grasshopper ..

Rating: 7/10 (4 August 2005)

First hour or so reminds me very much of Kung Fu (the series) when Qui-Gonn Jin .. eh, Liam Neeson teaches Mr. Wayne martial arts 'n stuff. The plot is very thin, but what else can be expected in this 1,5 hr introduction. Michael Caine (one who doesn't seem to be influenced by aging) does a nice job as Alfred, and Bale is OK as Batman .. not much more to say really; Freeman can do better than this, and it seems that nowadays casting agencies have found the way to Hauer's agent again. But wait, wasn't this supposed to be about Batman .. oh yeah, but we hardly see Batman, nor Bruce "in action" .. Better than Schumacher's "Batman" crap, but not great