Christian Bale. Katie Holmes. Katie Holmes. Batman Begins. Batman Begins (2005. Batman Begins. Batman Begins. All Critics (265) | Top Critics (51) | Fresh (224) | Rotten (41) | DVD (57) 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.
Batman Begins summons up moments of great eloquence and power. If only its cast of characters was as fully inhabited as its turbulent city. Batman Begins. "If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and if they can't stop you, then you become something else entirely.
A legend, Mr. Wayne. " ―Ra's Al Ghul Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale as Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul, Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow, Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes, Gary Oldman as James Gordon and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox.