The Batman reviews compare the movie to The Dark Knight and Seven
gamesradar.comThe Batman reviews are in – and they praise a dark detective story in the vein of David Fincher's Seven, and draw comparisons to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.
This latest take on the Caped Crusader sees Robert Pattinson in the title role, going up against Paul Dano's villainous Riddler. Zoë Kravitz co-stars as Catwoman, while Collin Farrell is the Penguin, Jeffrey Wright is Jim Gordon, Andy Serkis is Alfred Pennyworth, and John Turturro is Carmine Falcone.
Reviews are largely positive, though there is some criticism focused on the film's third act. We've rounded up a selection of the reviews below to give you an idea of what to expect when The Batman finally arrives later this month – and don't worry, everything below is completely spoiler free.
"Extricating their take on the character from DCEU continuity for a near-three-hour superhero standalone, this is the darkest knight yet – a film that has as much in common with David Fincher's Seven as it does with the average comic-book-movie tentpole.
"That isn't a glib comparison. The Batman opens with Dano's terrifying Riddler bludgeoning a man to death as he squeals with bestial zeal. It gets several notches more disturbing from there, as the puzzle-obsessed psychopath dishes out poetic justice with elaborate murder machines that John Doe or Jigsaw killer John Kramer would take pride in. Let's just say we're a long way from Jim Carrey prancing around in a leotard."
"With his Planet of the Apes installments, Matt Reeves demonstrated that big studio franchise movies based on iconic screen properties didn’t have to exclude intelligent, emotionally nuanced storytelling. The same applies to The Batman, a brooding genre piece in which the superhero trappings of cape and
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