Batman : Year One (2011) 8/10

Starring : Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku, Jon Polito, Alex Rocco, Katee Sackhoff
Director : Sam Liu & Lauren Montgomery
Running Time : 65 mins

Bruce Wayne (McKenzie) returns to Gotham City after years away to find the city over run by crime and corruption. At the same time police officer James Gordon (Cranston) transfers to Gotham from Chicago to find much the same thing. While Gordon tries to fight the corruption from within the police force, with many of his fellow officers angry at his actions, Wayne dons the cowl of the Batman and becomes a vigilante fighting crime in his own way.

I loved the animation in this Batman movie – clearly having a Japanese influence – and the origin story is perfectly presented and will please any die-hard Batman fans. The darkness is there, which is good, and Batman is nicely psychopathic, which is always a bonus. It is a little cheesy and convoluted in parts, but that’s what you’d expect from a comic book adaptation where the characters costumes haven’t been honed yet.

You’ll like this if you liked : Batman : Under The Red Hood