this film be where the batman franchise ought to have stop . though i will concede that the idea behind batman forever be excellent and could have be easily realise by a competent director and a it turn out this be not to be the case . apparently warner brother executive be disappoint with how dark this second batman film from tim burton turn out . apart from the idiocy of expect anything else from burton and and the conservative cowardice of their subsequent decision to turn the franchise into an homage to the sixty tv series and i fail to understand how batman return can be consider at all disappointing . true and it be not quite the equal of the first film though it repair all the minor deficiency of style find in batman and a weak script that split the antagonism between not just two but three character invite unflattering comparison to the masterful pairing of keaton and jack nicholson a the joker in the first film . yet for all this it remain a gorgeously dark film and true to the way the batman be always mean to be and and highly satisfy . michael keaton return a the batman and his alter ego bruce wayne and tangle with nouveau riche tycoon max schreck ( christopher walken and name in honour of the 1920s german silent actor ) and his partner in crime oswald cobblepot and the penguin ( danny devito in brilliant makeup reminiscent of laurence olivier richard iii ) and and selina kyle and the catwoman ( michelle pfeiffer ) and whom wayne romance both a himself and a the batman . the four principal turn in excellent performance and especially walken and devito and while together keaton and pfeiffer explore the darker side of double identity . there be some intriguing concept in this film . about the only weakness i can really point out be a certain limpness to the script in some place and which i think be due mostly to the way this film be a four cornered fight . there simply isn not enough time to properly explore what go on . nevertheless and this be a damn good film . i highly recommend watch this in conjunction with the first and and then weep for how good the series could have be have it continue under burton and keaton .