This Rosemarys Baby sequel lives up to the standard of the original!

Rating: Null/10 (20 May 2001)

Nothing more than a B movie with an A budget, watching it now you can see a cartoony not comic style to it and an un-credible saturday morning serial feel. The story starts out with a Rosemary's Baby rip off and procedes to avoid other rip offs by taking unjustifiable turns.
In one shot Batman is saying "his parents....I hope he finds them" and one following minutes later he suddenly comes up with "I think he knows who his parents are....there is something else" this is an obvious pretence at moving the story along. People have always tried to get darker with sequels, in this one, Tims way of doing so is to turn Batman into a mercenary, The Joker into a violent savage freak, and Vicki Vale into a sadistic lady of the evening.
This movie just comes off as underwhelming, the best that can be said is that the performances are mostly excellent, Walken acts like he doesn't want to be there and I have seen him do more than credible work in the past. After looking at all of Burton's work you can see exactly how sick the guy really is, his best work was The Nightmare Before Christmas, but even in that you can see a bit of a derranged psychology.
This movie lives up to the standard of it's original. Batman Forever captures the true heart of The Dark Knight, not the original, but the true. You could never see this movie and not lose sleep over it. See this movie if you are after a lighter toned "The Crow".
6.5/10