“The Batman” clocks in at nearly three hours. That’s a long sit but, thankfully, director Matt Reeves doesn’t waste our time.
Gotham City is teeming with crime in"The Batman."His Gotham City resides in the same plain as “The Godfather.” His villains are like Mafia dons, sending fear throughout the city. Darkness shrouds the world and drug problems spread faster than water in the streets.
While Paul Dano’s Riddler seems more like Bane than we’d want, he’s very much an unhinged madman who isn’t wrong about Gotham’s ghouls. The story then becomes a puzzle in search of its own Sherlock Holmes. More impressive, of course, are the moves made by Kyle and the Riddler. They’re damaged folks who know enough to be dangerous and aren’t about to pull back when so much of Gotham City already has.
Much of “The Batman,” in fact, is an upgrade on standard superhero fare. It’s like Reeves has dropped these characters into the plot of another movie and observed where they gravitate.
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