A rare foray into the murderous exploits of the cinematic Batman, Tim Burton's reading of the character seemed to be particularly bloodthirsty. The whole "no guns" rule seemed to go right out the window, and the first film climaxed with Michael Keaton's Dark Knight threatening to kill Jack Nicholson's Joker, and then following through on that threat. He's a man of his word. And the Clown Prince Of Crime was no longer a problem for Gotham City. It would've been all fine and dandy were it not for the sequel, when Catwoman and The Penguin show up to cause trouble. On his way to deal with those two (and Christopher Walken as the least convincing politician ever since, really, who would vote for someone as obviously evil as Christopher Walken), he obviously has to deal with his fair share of henchman. Something that Batman seems to do with a worrying level of glee, as evidenced by the scene where he drops dynamite down a circus strong man's trousers and smirks the smug smile of a man who has just committed another human being to a sudden and excessively violent death. That's...that's a little scary, Batman.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
