Batman ventures into Gotham City's underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues. As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator's plans become clear, he must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued the metropolis.
First going to make the major knock against this movie. There was ZERO reason for this to be 3 hours long. That being said, I have no other complaints about this movie. It was really really great. The cast across the board was awesome - especially Dano as the Riddler. The action was great. The story was great. The character development and setting things up for sequels was great. This was probably my third favorite Batman movie after The Dark Knight and the original Batman with Nicholson. Still could have used a bunch of editing to shorten it but when that is your only complaint about a DC movie is that it was too long that is so much better than the usual.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It was a great watch with great casting. Definitely worried about how DC moves forward with any connections to the other pieces that they have in motion but as a standalone this movie was great.
