
BATMAN BEGINS
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN | USA, UK | 2005 | 140 | PG-13 | ENGLISH, MANDARIN
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The emotionally unavailable, bat-fearing millionaire Bruce Wayne must prove to his childhood sweetheart that he isn’t just a Chad while thwarting a chilling specter from his past.
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Kane, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
Even as the smell of sweaty rubber, day-glo paint, and Mr. Freeze puns still lingered, filmmaker Christopher Nolan emerged as the hero Batman deserved, and fans certainly needed in 2005, with his remarkably grounded and cerebral Caped Crusader trilogy.