Is this Batman or the Punisher??? (SPOILERS WARNING)

Rating: Null/10 (2 February 2001)

Well, well, well... I've read several comments of how good this movie is but I simply can't agree for one BIG reason: Batman. True, he's supposed to be dark, he has a tragic origin and he's obsessive. BUT in this movie he's portrayed just as a sadist. I specially remember the scene in which Batman gives a bomb to a fat clown, smling nastyly and leaving, letting the guy literally explode into pieces. Please. This is not the Batman I know (and I'm a huge fan of Batman). In the comic book he's a dark character, but he's also a HERO, who'd never kill anybody, nor let anybody die. That's why he's called the "Dark Knight", he actually has the nobility of a knight! But in this movie, Batman is stripped off of all that qualities, leaving him as a psychotic no better than his enemies.

Overall, a big disappointment. If you want to see a good Batman movie, try the animated "Batman: Mask of the Phantom" or "Batman: Sub-Zero". Now THOSE are good, specially the first one.