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Batman Begins

2005 2h 20m
Drama Crime Action
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.7/10
23,151 reviews
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Batman Begins

Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

"Evil fears the knight."

Top Billed Cast

Christian Bale
Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne / Batman
Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Alfred
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
Ducard
Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes
Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman
Jim Gordon
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy
Dr. Jonathan Crane
Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Carmine Falcone
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer
Earle

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic
2014-09-25

It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

Bruce Wayne is constantly tortured by his childhood memories when he witnessed his parents being murdered. Taken under the wing of The League Of Shadows, a deadly ninja assassin army devoted to erasing crime with their own brand of harsh justice. After completing training, Wayne refuses to join them on account of not agreeing with their methods, he returns to Gotham City to reek his own one man war against crime.

Director Christopher Nolan literally goes back to Batman origins to not just give the dead franchise a kiss of life,...

M molleigh Verified TMDB Critic
2021-04-11

i'm beginning to think people only say a movie is good because of it being long and having a good camera. to me the only highlight was cillian murphy's performance. the rest of this was just some dumb, boring trek....

N NoxiousScythe Verified TMDB Critic
2021-06-23

Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" shows us exactly how Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) transforms into the caped crusader we all know and love, Batman. Admittedly like many others, even though this is the first entry in the Dark Knight Trilogy, I watched it is as my last one, and that is due to me not even knowing of it's existence, which is thanks to it being heavily overshadowed by the critically acclaimed sequel, "The Dark Knight."

Batman Begins has a simple plot to follow full of twists. A young Bruce Wayne travels to the Far East, where he's trained in the martial arts by Henri Ducard (...

A AstroNoud Verified TMDB Critic
2022-02-26

‘Batman Begins’ is a strong introduction to the Batman thanks to the magnificent cast and a superb score by Zimmer and Newton Howard.

9/10...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2022-07-11

Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale are at the top of their games with this enthralling interpretation of just how "Batman" came to be. "Bruce", the young sone of the billionaire "Wayne" family finds himself unexpectedly orphaned and is soon aimlessly bumming his way around Asia. It's when he encounters "Ducard" (Liam Neeson) and is lured high into the Himalayan mountains that he is set to training by the legendary Ra's Al Ghul (Ken Watanabe) so that he can join the "League of Shadows" - an uniquely skilled ninja-esque group of elite warriors. He plans to use his training to return to the lar...