Christian Bale stars in this prequel as Bruce Wayne, a young boy and then a grown man, torn between anger and fear. Long story short, he falls into the clutches of Ducard (Liam Neeson) who teaches Bruce to master his emotions via a ninja/underground vigilante movement. Soon after Batman returns to his beloved butler (Michael Caine) and his Gotham City, run by good cop (Gary Oldman) and Assistant District Attorney (Katie Holmes). With the help of Wayne Enterprises scientist (Morgan Freeman) Batman devises a plan to battle evil in Gotham, minus the help of Robin (his caped sidekick) because Robin didn’t exist in this way-back-when story. While Bale delivers an engrossing and believable performance, what starts out interesting, turns into almost a different movie with a new director halfway through. Suddenly as the movie progressed, I began to digress, asking myself exactly what was Batman fighting for, as images crash upon the screen and into my face, with little content or continuity. Somewhat reminiscent of the botched jobs Joel Schumacher did with the franchise; never the less this one has more hope and a twisted appeal for a sequel (even ending with the suggestion of the “Joker” yet to come).