Batman Begins
Following his parents death, a young boy trained with his mentor and using physical fighting skills and technological gadgets he aims to purge the city where his parents were murdered from villains.
18 March 1968, London, England, UK
21 October 1959, Uonuma, Japan
15 January 1948, Montréal, Québec, Canada
17 March 1970, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
4 February 1928, Jamaica
14 March 1933, Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
23 July 1963, Sumatra, Indonesia
20 December 1979, New York City, New York, USA
29 June 1974, England, UK
25 May 1976, Douglas, Cork, Ireland
30 September 1969, London, England, UK
28 June 1966, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
17 March 1955, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
July 21, 2012
If there is one Batman film anyone should see, this is it. It's a superhero film with a dark tone that's very well-written with nothing but incredible actors involved.
April 14, 2013
Batman Begins summons up moments of great eloquence and power. If only its cast of characters was as fully inhabited as its turbulent city.
September 26, 2005
A rousing, reverent, often brilliant re-creation of a seminal comics character.
June 18, 2012
Compared to the flashier Superman, the dark knight was always more human and prone to brooding, but this film is way out of whack.
February 12, 2016
... Nolan gets the character right: Bruce Wayne is the secret identity and Batman is the real persona.
April 14, 2013
Nolan takes an admirable stab at developing a character-driven drama, only to give in to generic action-movie conventions with a blinding, deafening, explosion-laden finale that could have capped off any number of interchangeable Jerry Bruckheimer flicks.
September 07, 2011
It's not just the birth of Batman we're seeing in this triumphant interpretation, it's also the dawning of Gotham City's age of greed.
July 07, 2014
It's a refreshing approach to the genre, even when revisiting years later, in an era inundated with superhero movies where each tries to better the last's visual effects budget.
January 07, 2011
It may be too scary intense for younger children, but for everyone else Batman Begins is just about the perfect summer movie.
May 12, 2006
A nonstarter.
February 18, 2012
Every so often, it's time to re-boot Batman.
February 03, 2007
Here's how any great franchise should start: with care, precision and delicately wrought atmosphere.
