Great action movie but sadly altered post-9/11

Rating: 6/10 (30 November 2002)

If you fancy watching a no-brainer, with very little subplot or substance, then this movie is for you. Good quality action sequences and impressive CGI belies the fact that there is nothing else too it really.

When combined with the inherent jingoistic aspect, which unfortunately mars a lot of Hollywood flicks, I was a little disappointed with this effort. It is painfully obvious that sequels are going to be forthcoming and many, and that part on the bridge something like ***SPOILER*** "If you hurt one of us New Yorkers, you hurt us all"...
O.H. M.Y. G.O.D. did they really need that? Not even close to the first Batman, and maybe I'm expecting more than just a series of action sequences loosely interlinked with a laughable 'love story', but I felt let down.