A Solid sequel that has Tim Burton's fingerprints all over it

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2014)

After the success of the original Batman it was clear that the studio decided to give Tim Burton much more creative control and thus why we get this film. This film sees Batman attempting to stop businessman Max Shreck's attempts to make The Penguin the Mayor of Gotham also while interacting with another new Villain Catwoman. Now Michael Keaton reprises his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman and once again he puts in a wonderful performance. Michelle Pfeifer is also fantastic as Catwoman she is a good mix of sexy and dangerous and really adds to the film. Now Danny DeVito was perfect for this Penguin and he is totally gross throughout the character really is disgusting which is what it was meant to be. Christopher Walken as Max Shreck was a great performance as the lesser villain in this film and he is truly the worse human possible. Now one negative like both the Burton's and Schumacher Batman films is the role of Commissioner Gordon his character is just a waste of space and not needed throughout any of these films and this upsets me after seeing what Christopher Nolan has done with the character. The story is nothing special either the motivations of both The Penguin and Catwoman aren't revealed till the very end and this really shows that the story wasn't a true priority apart from Shreck's story. The script was decent but nothing special and it doesn't really seem that it was a problem. The style of the film was truly a mixed bag though the style of the main characters and this Christmassy Gotham which is cool. But the Burton costumes created are rubbish and they really make it feel like a cartoon at times. The soundtrack is great and helps add the tension. This film is decent but with more mistakes then the first Batman.