He's back

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 2002)

Out of all the most popular comic boob characters (with the exception of Spawn) Batman has always been the darkest and most mature and that shows in the movies. Tim Burton is a sick and twisted man with a sick and twisted vision and there is no one who could have worked better for directing this movie better. He turns Gotham City into a nightmarish dreamscape where everything is always dark and depressing. Althought no one will top Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face in Batman Forever Dani Divito is sure to give you nightmares for weeks to come as the Penguin and Michelle Pfiffer is sleek and sexy and Catwoman. Althought the movie isn't exactly true to the comic book or the kids Saturday mourning cartoon series it brings in some great new elements like the Penguians gang of violent circus freak and a new bad guy in the form of Christopher Walken, a corrupt business man who wants to take over the city. The one big problem with this movie is that it focuses more on the Penguiens quest for domination and for most of the movie makes Gotham think he is a good guy, he even runs for mayor and they show Batman as a bad guy. Also even though Michael Keaton is not as good a Batman as Val Kilmer he has very few scenes in the film and the ones he is in he doesn't really live up to that tough guy attitude that Batman has. A warning to parents this movie is not the Batman your kids watch in cartoon form, this film is very violent and disturbing and you should take caution before letting young children watch it.