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Batman Returns
1992
In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (Christopher Walken). As the two .. Read more
| Starring | Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Gough |
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| Director | Tim Burton |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Batman Returns
In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (Christopher Walken). As the two criminals plot to gain domination over Gotham City, BATMAN must plot to stop them. In the highly stylized BATMAN RETURNS--complete with dark, Gothic architecture and moody lighting--Batman (and his alter-ego Bruce Wayne) is thrown a third enemy, a terrible distraction: Catwoman (fearlessly and fabulously played by Michelle Pfeiffer). She is the slinky, sharp-clawed alter-ego of Shreck's secretary Selina. Batman must overcome his own dark past, and his present love entanglements, to rid Gotham of its evil enemies, this time with even more intricately designed sets and tongue-in-cheek humour, making BATMAN RETURNS an action-packed, darkly fun adventure.
| Starring | Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Michael Murphy, Andrew Bryniarski, Pee-Wee Herman, Christopher Walken, Cristi Conaway |
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| Director | Tim Burton |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min Blu-ray: 2 hrs 1 min |
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| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, English |
| Released | DVD: not available Blu-ray: 22 Dec 2008 Production year: 1992 |
| Format | DVD |
Batman Returns (1992)
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Director Tim Burton refused to lighten up for the second of the Batman movies (we would have to wait for the Joel Schumacher-directed Batman Forever for that) and the result here is another moody, gloomy and occasionally perverse portrait of the dark knight. As with the first of the series, the sets are suitably stunning, and, while action may not be Burton's strongest suit, there are still some dazzling set pieces and a whole range of new gadgets. The only real problem is that, as in Batman, the villains bag all the best lines — Danny DeVito's tragic Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer in that suit as Catwoman — with poor old Michael Keaton's Bruce Wayne left to look vaguely troubled while his alter ego Batman bashes the baddies. Even though fans of the 1960s TV show may reject its brooding atmosphere, this is still impressive stuff.
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"...As Catwoman, terrific Michelle Pfeiffer goes from mousy secretary to liberated lionness. As flipper-fingered Penguin, Danny DeVito is an orchestra of evil intentions..."
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18 out of 20 people found this review helpful
WASTE OF TIME
BATMAN RETURNS IS ABSOLUTLEY RUBBISH COMPARED TO THE OTHER 3 CLASSICS. I FEEL LIKE THE ACTIUNG WAS WOODEN AND CATWOMAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HERO NOT A VILLAN AND WHATS UP WITH CALLING A MAN MR PENGUIN BECAUSE HES SHORT AND FAT. I RECCOMEND BATMAN FOREVER.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Very solid sequel ....
when you thought you'd seen it all out comes another batman classic. concluding from 1989's Batman [the mention of Vicky Vale's in this movie.]
the basic storyline starts off with man named Mister Cobblepot waiting for his wife to have baby the baby is deformed and is named Oswald. Oswald is a little baby boy and will be rejected by society so they send him down the riverbend in basket where he enters the sewers of Gotham and is raised by Emperor penguins who have escaped from the zoo. meanwhile industrialist Max
Schrek [ Christopher Walken - his second turn as the name Max - he played Max Zorin in A View To A Kill] has plans for nuclear power plant for Gotham's energy supplies so he can make lots of money. however, The Mayor of Gotham rejects his idea and so Max is very annoyed. meanwhile the film also chronicles the character Selena Kyle [ Michelle Pfeiffer] Max's secretary who
is very insecure and nervous. Selena 's life is changed forever when she is murdered by man who throws her out the window although her fall is broken she is knocked out only to be revitalized with strange sort of cpr by mystical cats which shows very unusual sequence of her being reborn which seems bit like some sort of voodoo chant or raising the dead sort of stuff. Selena
arrives home that night she's had enough she wrecks her apartment, destroys her cuddly toys and makes her own black skin tight vinal suit and takes on the name Catwoman. Catwoman joins Oswald Cobblepot a.k.a. The Penguin to kill Batman. The Penguin is being helped by Max Schrek too and Penguin is running for Mayor of Gotham.
meanwhile Bruce Wayne starts dating Selena unknown to him that she is one of the villains, Catwoman. this movie really shows some great development of character the only problem is for movie with the triumphant title '' Batman Returns'' this movie dosen't have enough of Batman in it. it's nice to see some clever devices used like sombody taking control of the batmobile who isn't batman + the return of the batplane, the batarang and plus there's some evil clown friends of The Penguin.
Danny DeVito is very very talented and brings an OTT amount of disgusting behaviour and menace to the role of The Penguin while Christopher Walken is very cold and calm and manipulative. Michelle Pfeiffer meanwhile excells in the role of Catwoman and is now the definitive Catwoman. Michael Keaton's return in the role of Batman is okay but not as triumphant as it was in Batman while with director Tim Burton nothing is boring or underdone. this completely OTT but very solid piece of movie making is grand sequel to Batman which should be seen while the best Batman is still Batman Forever this movie is still very, very entertaining. -
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