Batman Begins
After years abroad, Bruce Wayne returns to a corrupt Gotham and turns his childhood fear into an instrument.
Included as the groundwork: the film that made a comic-book myth answer to cause and consequence.
Haunted by the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne wanders the world's prisons until a mysterious mentor offers him training in the Himalayas. Back in Gotham, he finds a city run by organised crime and compromised institutions, and builds a symbol to frighten it into order. Nolan grounds the myth in procedure, guilt and the mechanics of fear.
- Christopher Nolan
- Christian BaleBruce Wayne
- Michael CaineAlfred
- Liam NeesonDucard
- Katie HolmesRachel Dawes
- Gary OldmanJim Gordon
Curated adjacencies
01 / 03 admitted · 2 withheldEvery grouping names one axis of similarity — and the axes we refused. Pairings that could not be defended were withheld rather than filled in.
A more demanding continuation
A deliberate step up in what the film asks: slower, more severe, and unwilling to meet you halfway.