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Movie
description |
-Christian
Bale
-Katie
Holmes
Genius
of
mystery
and
intrigue
Christopher
Nolan
(MEMENTO,
FOLLOWING,
INSOMNIA)
helms
this
prequel
to
the
Batman
films
based
on
the
DC
Comics
series,
explaining
how
Bruce
Wayne
(Christian
Bale)--the
billionaire
prince
of
Gotham
whose
parents
were
killed
in
an
alleyway
mugging--transformed
into
the
crime-fighting
superhero.
With
flashbacks
to
his
privileged
childhood,
young
Master
Wayne,
as
he
is
called
by
the
butler
Alfred
(Michael
Caine),
develops
a
terrible
fear
of
bats
when
he
falls
through
the
backyard
garden
into
a
hidden
cave.
As a
young
adult,
Wayne
lives
among
the
League
of
Shadows,
a
martial
arts
group
in
the
mountains
of
Asia.
His
leaders
Ra's
al
Ghul
(Ken
Watanabe)
and
Henri
Ducard
(Liam
Neeson)
teach
him
strength,
endurance,
and--unfortunately--evil,
against
which
he
naturally
rebels.
Returning
to
Gotham
and
reinstating
himself
as a
dapper
socialite
and
the
rightful
heir
to
his
parents'
enterprise,
Wayne
quickly
devises
his
secret
identity,
commanding
help
from
the
gadgetry
expert
Lucius
Fox
(Morgan
Freeman).
With
one
eye
on
his
childhood
playmate
Rachel
(Katie
Holmes)--now
a
beautiful
woman
and
dedicated
lawyer--and
the
other
on
his
mission
to
save
Gotham
from
criminal
corruption,
Batman
makes
his
fledgling
debut.
But
when
the
blue-blooded
mastermind
Dr.
Crane
(Cillian
Murphy)--who
steals
every
scene
with
chilling
menace--taints
the
water
system
with
a
hallucinatory
substance,
Batman
realizes
he
has
met
his
first
true
opponent.
An
attitude
of
grave
seriousness
elevates
BATMAN
BEGINS
above
more
cartoony
Batman
movies,
as
Nolan
crafts
a
dark
drama
that
thrives
on
sci-fi
intrigue.
Bale
strides
into
the
role
with
grace,
adding
refinement
that
is
seldom
seen
in
action-oriented
films.
And
while
the
action
scenes
explode
with
high-tech
glitz
and
fast-moving
thrills,
they
are
evenly
placed
among
sequences
of
plot
and
character
development,
making
for
a
complex
and
satisfying
viewing
experience.
Rated
PG-13
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of
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