New Batman movie review 2022: Robert Pattinson is the unprecedented Dark Knight in director Matt Reeves’ grisly superhero thriller
About 10 minutes later BatmanI began to wonder if I hadn’t taken the wrong turn into Cineworld and stumbled into a nostalgic screening of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.
The mood in Matt Reeves’ three-hour epic is grim with its suicide scene, its opening scenes dominated by the deranged antics of a psychotic killer who will eventually be identified as Riddler.
He (Paul Dano) is not okay at all, puts on some kind of leather mask with glasses on it and goes on a killing spree, his victims killed in ever more gruesome ways to atone.
The Riddler is targeting the corrupt elite of politicians and policemen who are in the pocket of crime boss Carmine Falcone (Jon Turturro), and posing as a moral avenger.
But he flatters himself when he enjoys all the discomfort and obviously some coupons don’t equal a toaster. Maybe only someone who didn’t have the same power would be able to stop him.
Enter Batman (Robert Pattinson), dressed in black, never smiling, his appearance before he slams into his oversized shoes. Beloved by the police, feared by petty criminals, Batman has become a much talked about bogeyman in Gotham, haunting the city at night and appearing out of nowhere to rally the top thugs. together and rescue the citizens who spent the night.
Riddler is a psycho killer
He cut his job because Matt Reeves’ Gotham is the bleakest, crime-ridden city that makes 1970s New York look like Disneyland.
With corruption raging, the city has lost hope, and Riddler’s murderous antics, which he broadcasts live, have garnered a huge following online. Batman must stop him and join forces with the only cop to endure him – Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Jeffrey Wright).
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And he needs all the help he can get, as this is a young and sick Batman, still learning superhero ropes and with the interpersonal skills of a goat. .
When he fails to knock off seven bells in front of Gotham’s criminal class, Bruce Wayne glides around the family mansion, quarrels with poor Alfred (Andy Serkis) and stares out the window like a Robert Smith of his time. young. He embarked on his business with all the enthusiasm of a hungry butcher and seemed to feel that Gotham was beyond hope.
The film’s setting revolves around a creepy detective mystery that transports Batman back to his tough 1930s roots, but the biggest influence here is Frank Miller’s 1980s graphic novel, which depicts Batman as a brutal avenger who punishes crime from personal bitterness.
Other Batman movies, from Tim Burton’s 1989 to the dark Knightborrowed these ideas, but Batman more fully into Miller’s dark and nihilistic vision.
Visually, Reeves’ film is breathtaking, full of fake graphics and skillful brushstrokes. It never rained but it fell on his Gotham, a city in gray, abandoned by the sun.
Inside there, despair has given way to anarchy and cruelty, and in a great opening dub, Batman describes how he’s used smoke and mirrors to transform his character into grief. Night terrors can appear anytime or anywhere for terrible revenge.
Pattinson excels in the lead, physically stronger than you might imagine, and gives Bruce Wayne a wounded, gripping atmosphere that will hopefully be explored in future films.
An unrecognizable Colin Farrell brings to life the swagger of the 1930s gangster era with his portrayal of a mob of Oz Cobblepot underlings who would become better known as Penguin, and Zoe Kravitz excels as Selina Kyle, driven by circumstances to become the master thief, Catwoman.
Unrecognizable Colin Farrell is Oz Cobblepot (centre)
The only explanation for making another Batman relatively soon after Christopher Nolan’s final trilogy is to do something completely different from the story. Here, Reeves and Pattinson succeed, and while the three-hour length of the film doesn’t quite make sense, the results are nothing short of spectacular.
Reeves impresses with sleazy, sleazy realism throughout, and elegantly alludes to real-world problems: the online trolls who stalk Riddler seem ominously similar to the bastards. stormed the Capitol.
The film’s brutality is overdone, however, and Riddler employs extreme levels of cruelty that would make a medieval torturer blush. This factor makes Batman sometimes difficult to watch and can limit its overall appeal. It’s pretty good though.
Rating: Four stars
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