Genre:
Action + Crime + Fantasy + Thriller + Adventure

Synopsis:
As a young boy, Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of him--a trauma that leads him to become obsessed with revenge. But the opportunity to avenge his parent's deaths is cruelly taken away from him by fate. Fleeing to the East, where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, Bruce returns to his now decaying Gotham City, which is overrun by organized crime and other dangerous individuals manipulating the system. Meanwhile, Bruce is slowly being swindled out of Wayne Industries, the company he inherited. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, along with a prototype armored suit, leads him to assume a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong; he becomes Batman!!! In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.
(from IMDb.com)

Casts:
Christian Bale ... Bruce Wayne / Batman
Michael Caine ... Alfred Pennyworth
Liam Neeson ... Henri Ducard
Morgan Freeman ... Lucius Fox
Gary Oldman ... Lt. James Gordon
Ken Watanabe ... Ra's Al Ghul
Katie Holmes ... Rachel Dodson
Cillian Murphy ... Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow
Tom Wilkinson ... Carmine Falcone
Rutger Hauer ... Richard Earle
Sara Stewart ... Martha Wayne
Richard Brake ... Joe Chill
Gus Lewis ... Young Bruce Wayne
Emma Lockhart ... Young Rachel Dawes
Linus Roache ... Dr. Thomas Wayne

Runtime:
134 min

Superheroes:
Batman (more)

Villains:
Scarecrow (more)
Ras Al Ghul (more)

Based on the comic book:
"Batman" © DC Comics

Internal links:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Mtv's Tankman Begins (2005) (TV sketch)

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