One of the greatest Batman movies ever, Tim Burton adds such a great twist. Batman makes his mark on criminals all over the city, letting them know he is taking the city back. Jack Nicholson has out done himself as the Joker, constantly foiling the authorities and getting away with the girl. Some of the best action for an older movie. Batman will keep you at the edge of your seat.

A millionaire who, as a child, witnessed his parent's brutal slaying, turns his resources against the criminals of Gotham City, and in particular a sociopathic killer called The Joker.

Tim Burton's Batman is the first big screen treatment to translate the comic's dark style and complicated hero intact, thankfully abstaining from the gaudy, camp approach of the television show (and later, the dire third and fourth films in the series). Keaton is brilliant in the title role, emotionally and physically convincing; his casting was originally controversial amongst fans but he remains one of the stronger Batmans filmed so far. Yet it's Nicholson's Joker that (perhaps unsurprisingly) steals the show. He struts outrageously through the part like a cross between Mick Jagger and his own Jack Torrence, turning in the most gleefully over-the-top performance of his career.

The symbiotic relationship of the two characters, both suffering issues of duality in their personalities, lends the film great emotional depth. Bruce Wayne is compelled to do what he does even though it gives him little satisfaction. Likewise, The Joker is driven by his madness and desire for vengeance. Such complicated characters had never before seen in a comic book adaptation (which at the time were usually relegatedto serials or television) We can think - or curse- Batman's huge success for the wave of comic book movies that have dominated the summer blockbuster season for the last twenty-two years. Batman was, and still is, their template.

In Tim Burton's first installment of the original Batman Series (arguably the best of the first four), as director he creates the correct and amazing form worthy of Bob Kane's imagination. Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson steal the show however, with Keaton's troubled Bruce Wayne and his heroic Batman, as is Nicholson's ambitous Jack Napier and villianous Joker. Aswell as that the story is beautifully written, and cameos, such as Harvey Dent and Vicky Vale deserve a rating all their own.