THE BATMAN thrillingly provides a Gotham and Dark Knight for a whole new generation
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There was a moment during The Batman in which it became clear the film was a great piece of cinema. Following an attack that almost kills him, Batman is cornered by aggressive police officers looking to blame him for the Riddler’s reign of terror before he is assisted in an escape in which he rappels up through Gotham PD headquarters, crashing through to the roof before he abseils down into the murky city below. In and of itself, this could be a sequence from any Batman film since 1989 but it was the point where it dawned on me just how well Matt Reeves’ latest take on the Caped Crusader was working.
THE BATMAN thrillingly provides a Gotham and Dark Knight for a whole new generation
THE BATMAN thrillingly provides a Gotham and…
THE BATMAN thrillingly provides a Gotham and Dark Knight for a whole new generation
There was a moment during The Batman in which it became clear the film was a great piece of cinema. Following an attack that almost kills him, Batman is cornered by aggressive police officers looking to blame him for the Riddler’s reign of terror before he is assisted in an escape in which he rappels up through Gotham PD headquarters, crashing through to the roof before he abseils down into the murky city below. In and of itself, this could be a sequence from any Batman film since 1989 but it was the point where it dawned on me just how well Matt Reeves’ latest take on the Caped Crusader was working.