Batman Begins

Christian Bale is the masked vigilante out to clean up the streets of Gotham in the first of Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy

  • Director

    Christopher Nolan

  • With

    Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Liam Neesom, Cillian Murphy, Ken Wantanbe, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine

  • UK/USA 2005. 141min

  • IMAX 70mm

  • Certificate

    12A

The beginning of an era for Christopher Nolan with the creation of The Dark Knight Trilogy’s first instalment. A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), whose training under a mystical vigilante guru Heni Ducard, (Liam Neeson) underpins his creation of a crime-fighting alter ego. When Ducard reveals the League's true purpose, which is no less than the complete destruction of Gotham City, Wayne returns to Gotham intent on cleaning up the city without resorting to murder. With the help of Alfred (Michael Caine), his loyal butler, and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), a tech expert at Wayne Enterprises, Batman is born. Begin the trilogy on the UK’s largest screen.