What a Brilliant Film.

Rating: 9/10 (6 October 2019)

Anyone going to watch this expecting a DC universe film is going to be in for a shock. This is a brilliant character driven gritty film who's story could standalone without any reference to batman if it really wanted to.
Whilst it does feel in part as a homage to Scorsese (the De Niro part probably enforced that more), it is much more than a film about a character based on a DC character.
The film does something special in giving us a comic book inspired character clearly set in a world we all live in and not in a 'universe' created for film. Joaquin deserves an Oscar in a role that he brings totally to life uncomfortably for the viewer in parts - which is exactly the experience we should get from a film like this.
Here is a film I was actually glad i'd only seen a brief trailer for ahead of going to the cinema - the resulting surprise of what I saw is how films should take you on a journey that you don't expect.