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Review
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Very stylish, but somewhat lacking in substance. Keaton is
a dramatic, intense Batman, but ultimately, this is a
triumph of style over substance. Batman is a vicious
vigilante, motivated by the murder of his parents by a thug
when he was a child. Keaton plays him with Brandoish
muffling introversion, which adds some interest, but
Nicholson steals every scene with his deliciously
malevolent Joker. In the end, what do we have? Another
"Dirty Harry", in tights and cape? Doesn't really address
any of the issues it glibly suggests-- what is the role of
law and government in a corrupt system? Answer? I don't
know. It's just there and it's corrupt. It's more fun to
play with the high tech toys and the sound effects.
Well-filmed and well-acted, but ultimately dumb.
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