Batman Begins
Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. The film is based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman in supporting roles. The film reboots the Batman film series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul and the Scarecrow from plunging Gotham City into chaos.
Plot
In Gotham City, a young Bruce Wayne falls down a dry well and is attacked by a swarm of bats, developing a fear of them. Attending the opera with his parents, Thomas and Martha, Bruce becomes frightened by performers masquerading as bats and asks to leave. Outside, mugger Joe Chill murders Bruce's parents in front of him, and the orphaned Bruce is raised by the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth. 14 years later, Chill is paroled after testifying against mafia boss Carmine Falcone. Bruce intends to murder Chill to avenge his parents, but one of Falcone's assassins does so first. Bruce's childhood friend Rachel Dawes berates him for acting outside the justice system, saying that his father would be ashamed. After confronting Falcone, who tells him that real power comes from being feared, Bruce spends the next seven years traveling the world training in combat and immersing himself in the criminal underworld.
Cast
- Christian Bale
- Christine Adams
- Cillian Murphy
- Colin McFarlane
- Dave Legeno
- Gary Oldman
- Gerard Murphy
- Gus Lewis
- Jack Gleeson
- Jeremy Theobald
- Joey Ansah
- John Nolan
- Jon Foo
- Karen David
- Katie Holmes
- Ken Watanabe
- Larry Holden
- Liam Neeson
- Linus Roache
- Lucy Russell
- Mark Boone Junior
- Michael Caine
- Morgan Freeman
- Rade Šerbedžija
- Richard Brake
- Rutger Hauer
- Sara Stewart
- Shane Rimmer
- Stephen Walters
- Tamer Hassan
- TJ Ramini
- Tom Nolan
- Tom Wilkinson