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Batman And Robin
1997
The Caped Crusader returns to battle the abominable Mr. Freeze and green-thumbed Poison Ivy. To save his ailing wife, Dr. Victor Fries turns to a life of crime after a hideous accident makes him unable to tolerate even moderate temperatures, while Dr. Pamela Isley falls victim to mutated plant DNA when things go awry in a .. Read more
| Starring | George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Chris O'Donnell |
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| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Batman And Robin
The Caped Crusader returns to battle the abominable Mr. Freeze and green-thumbed Poison Ivy. To save his ailing wife, Dr. Victor Fries turns to a life of crime after a hideous accident makes him unable to tolerate even moderate temperatures, while Dr. Pamela Isley falls victim to mutated plant DNA when things go awry in a jungle laboratory funded by Wayne Industries. Of course, though their interests are diametrically opposed (Freeze wants another Ice Age; Ivy wants to make the world safe for plants), the two villains team up to defeat Gotham's dynamic duo of Batman and Robin, who are joined by butler Alfred's motorcycle-obsessed niece as Batgirl. And when Alfred is diagnosed as having the same terminal disease as Freeze's wife, the trio find themselves not only fighting an altruistic battle, but a personal one as well. A frenetic, colorful, and often overwhelming sequel to "Batman," "Batman Returns," and "Batman Forever."
| Starring | George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Chris O'Donnell, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Elle Macpherson, Vivica A. Fox, Pat Hingle |
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| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs Blu-ray: 2 hrs |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Croatian, Czech, English, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 11 May 1998 Blu-ray: 22 Dec 2008 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
Batman And Robin (1997)
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If the original Spencer Gordon Bennet serial was a disappointment, its sequel was nigh on a disaster. With Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft consigned to well-merited obscurity, Robert Lowery and John Duncan assumed the mantles of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, while Lyle Talbot stepped in as Commissioner Gordon. However, there's little suspense in their pursuit of the Wizard, a master criminal out to secure the diamonds needed to operate the ray gun he's stolen from eccentric professor, William Fawcett. Made in a hurry and on the cheap, this is the undoubtedly the nadir of the Caped Crusader's screen career.
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"...As played by Uma Thurman, Poison Ivy is perfect, flaunting great looks, a mocking attitude and madly flamboyant disguises..."
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
don't be afraid to use your nails boys!
Batman and robin is one of the worst films ever made. Period. It is so bad that you find yourself watching it in horror for 2 hours. Its like watching a car accident unfold, you cant tear your eyes away. Joel Schumacher destroyed the batman movies which had started so brilliantly and so darkly with Tim Burton's original Batman. Its not unlike the 60's tv series for shear campness though i think that show realised that it was a load of crap.
Many questions arise when watching batman and robin. How did george clooney revive his career after starring in this? Why the hell did anyone ever think that chris o'donnal and alicia silverstone were decent actors? (whats up with her accent?!?) And where did i leave my shotgun? If you ever plan to do anything bad watch this movie beforehand, because they'll be playing it on a continuous loop in hell... -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
This film is so Coooooool! (Not)
I didn't really know how to approach this review. The film is so bad, and there are so many flaws to it, that it's hard to know where to start!
I suppose a good place to start might be the script. Surely someone in the film industry should know that having characters explain what is going on by ridiculous dialogue is plain poor. A perfect example is the character Bain who throughout the film explains exactly what poorly made plastic prop he is holding by announcing in a crappy voice: 'Bomb', 'Door', etc.
The lighting all through the film is crap. For some reason every scene 'has' to have a ridiculous amount of neon lighting, which only makes it harder to see what is going on (perhaps this is to disguise the poor acting?!?). I can only imagine that the producers of this film had a good mate in the neon lighting industry!
Before i bore any potential reader, the final point is that the film seems to jump from scene to scene with no real story line to explain the reason for it. Is the motorbike chase scene really that key to the film? Does it actually serve any purpose except to show yet more unnecessary neon lighting?! I'd suggest that it doesn't.
The only redeeming feature of this film is the fact that Arnold is in it... THIS FILM IS ONLY FOR DIE-HARD ARNIE FANS (everyone else should have their barge-poles to hand!)
This film is without doubt best watched with someone else so that, throughout its entire monotonous length, you at least have someone there to share criticisms of the film with and know that someone else is sharing your suffering! -
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Batman And Robin
The Caped Crusader returns to battle the abominable Mr. Freeze and green-thumbed Poison Ivy. To save his ailing wife, Dr. Victor Fries turns to a life of crime after a hideous accident makes him unable to tolerate even moderate temperatures, while Dr. Pamela Isley falls victim to mutated plant DNA ...
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