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. 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.
Here's how any great franchise should start: with care, precision and delicately wrought atmosphere. Without the biff! If there is one Batman film anyone should see, this is it. Every so often, it's time to re-boot Batman. It may be too scary intense for younger children, but for everyone else Batman Begins is just about the perfect summer movie. Mr. 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.
Batman Begins was released June 15, 2005 in the United States. Several years after the commercial and critical failure of Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin in 1997, Begins was a reboot of the Batman film franchise. Batman Begins proved to be successful, and a sequel titled The Dark Knight was commissioned for a 2008 release with both Nolan and Bale returning. Plot Prologue As a young boy of 8, Bruce Wayne falls down a well, where he is caught in a swarm of bats.