Batman faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, and the Riddler, a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. As the caped crusader also copes with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian.
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71/100 This is a movie which is at the same time connected and separate from the Burton duology, and with that duality, it's no wonder the main villain of this movie is Two-Face. However, with a new director and even a new Batman, this movie certainly feels distant from the previous two, but in a way that I kind of like. While the 1989 Batman was a serious, dark Batman, this movie is instead the best of the caped crusader's more light-hearted action-adventure side. Let's start off with a hot take: Michael Keaton was a great Batman, but Van Kilmer is almost perfect in the role. His gadgets are cooler (especially that Batmobile), his action is better, and he's got a great sidekick in Chris O'Donell's take on Robin. Unfortunately, the movie takes the same approach as the previous two and places a lot of emphasis on his love interest: one Dr. Chase Meridian. Like most original creations of…