Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Great Remake !!!
In my opinion, Batman Begins is the best Batman movie ever made. Christian Bale plays the role of Bruce Wayne superbly. I also think he portrays the Batman character as well as any of the past previous stars (Michael Keaton, George Clooney & Val Kilmer).As with most Batman movies of the past, this one begins with a young Bruce Wayne witnessing both his parents being murdered in cold blood.At a very young age, he vows to devote his life to fighting crime.After spending time in some sort of prison facility, Bruce meets up with Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson), who introduces him to martial arts. After mastering martial arts, Bruce is now slated to lead a group of ninjas, with the consent of Henri Ducard. His initiation consists of his killing a past criminal.Bruce decides this is not the way he wants to fight crime. In turn, he decides to fight the very group he's trained with for so long. This does not please Henri Ducard at all.After a brief battle, Bruce ends up out of the group. With no where to turn, Bruce finds his way back to his hometown, Gotham City. It is here where he meets childhood sweetheart, Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes). It is also here that he decides to come up with the Batman gimmick.With Gotham City in such disarray, Bruce is determined to bring the city back to respectability by fighting crime. This is his passion.Once Bruce becomes Batman, he eventually goes head to head with Dr. Jonathan Crane, a real mask-wearing psycho, played by Cillian Murphy. Dr. Crane, better known as "The Scarecrow" is a big-time drug dealer that has been running rough-shod over the competition.Let the battles begin.The cast in this movie consists of such veterans as Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Rutger Hauer & Gary Oldman.Caine plays the part of Alfred very well. Morgan Freeman plays the part of Lucius Fox, who introduces Bruce Wayne to the batmobile. He is memorable in this role as a good guy.On the other hand, Rutger Hauer plays bad guy Earle, who has been running The Wayne Foundation ever-since the murder of Bruces' parents. He will do anything and everything to stay in this position. But boy does Bruce foil his plan when he returned to Gotham City.Gary Oldman plays good-cop, Jim Gordon, who helps Batman in any way he can. Nice to see Oldman in this role.Lots of good action and fight scenes follow in this very-good remake of Batman.This is a must see for any Batman follower.