Batman

Michael Keaton’s Batman is a dark, disturbed crime-fighter and, reflecting the fractured psyche and duality inherent in the central character, Burton fashions a hellish Gotham City, terrorised by Jack Nicholson’s show-stealing joker.

Burton brought his unique vision to the much-loved DC Comics' character, forever freeing him from the associations of Adam West's camp 60s TV version. While Michael Keaton's casting provoked an initially vitriolic response from fans, his Batman is a dark, brooding, introspective, freakish, psychologically disturbed crime-fighter, inspired, in part, by Frank Miller's seminal comic The Dark Knight Returns, and who in turn influenced a generation of comic-book movies. Reflecting the fractured psyche and duality inherent in the central character, Burton fashions a hellish Gotham City, but the film is notable, ultimately, for Jack Nicholson's show-stealing Joker.

Directed by:

Tim Burton

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger

Country:

USA

Year:

1989

Running time:

126min

Certificate:

12A