What is the iRankMovies score for Batman Begins?

Name: Batman Begins
Director: Christopher Nolan
Genre: action, crime, drama
Released: 2005
Duration: 2 h 20 min
Rating: 8.2

Batman Begins has an iRankMovies score of 79.8/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Batman Begins (2005)

Evil fears the knight.

Release:2005

Runtime:2h 20m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Christopher Nolan

Language:English

Genre

ActionCrimeDrama

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Keywords

Martial Arts Undercover Loss Of Loved One Secret IdentityCrime FightersuperheroBased On ComicRivalry

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Batman Begins rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.2/10· 1.7M votes

Rotten Tomatoes85%

Metacritic70%

TMDb7.725/10· 23K votes

With 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.2/10 on IMDb and 70/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Batman Begins

Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

Cast of Batman Begins

Christian Bale
as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Michael Caine
as Alfred
Liam Neeson
as Ducard
Katie Holmes
as Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman
as Jim Gordon
Cillian Murphy
as Dr. Jonathan Crane
Tom Wilkinson
as Carmine Falcone
Rutger Hauer
as Earle
Ken Watanabe
as Ra's al Ghul
Mark Boone Junior
as Flass
Linus Roache
as Thomas Wayne
Morgan Freeman
as Lucius Fox

Batman Begins facts

Budget: $150M
Box office: $374.2M
Collection: The Dark Knight Collection

Our take on Batman Begins

Christopher Nolan reframes the Batman origin as a grounded action-crime drama. Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne devotes his life to exposing and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to fix it from within the system, he forges a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld: the Batman. Nolan treats the mythology seriously, favoring psychology, training and moral cost over spectacle for its own sake, and building Gotham as a believable, decaying city. Expect a slower, more introspective superhero film than the genre's norm, focused on how fear is made and used. It suits viewers who want their comic-book stories weighty and character-first.

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