A comic book film by and for people who think comic book films are beneath them. A children's fantasy with all the fun squeezed out of it. Christopher Nolan is a director who has never seen a Stanley Kubrick film he did not want to make a pale imitation of, so I guess we should consider ourselves lucky there are no Eyes Wide Shut style orgies.

The actors perform as if they are suffering from hypertension. Rutger Hauer manages to stay calm, but does not get anything interesting to do. Thomas Wayne is played by the son of Ken Barlow.

Presumably next in line for Nolan's 'dark' revisionism is Thomas The Tank Engine or maybe The Teletubbies.