Tim Burton’s Batman adaptations starred Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader, who actually killed a surprising amount of people in his two movies.
Michael Keaton is regarded as one of the greatest menacing Caped Crusaders, albeit using some controversial fighting tactics, so how many people did he actually kill in Batman and Batman Returns? Tim Burton and Michael Keaton’s team-up was extremely controversial among comic-book fans who didn’t believe the Pee-wee’s Big Adventure director and comedy actor would understand the nuances of Bruce Wayne. Instead of taking on the more campy direction of Adam West’s notable Batman, Burton and Keaton made the superhero much darker, fully exploring the sinister nature of Gotham and tortured soul of Bruce Wayne.
In Batman (1989), Bruce Wayne faced the most notable Batman-foe of all time in Jack Nicholson’s Joker. In Bruce Wayne’s call to action, he must stop the Joker from terrorizing Gotham with the help of Harvey Dent and Commissioner Gordon, while saving Gotham’s reporter and his new love-interest Vicki Vale. Keaton reprises his role in Batman Returns (1992), where Bruce Wayne dually faces the Penguin, a deformed man who rules a crew of Gotham’s terrorizing criminals from the sewers, and Catwoman, who vows to take revenge on Gotham’s corrupt corporate mogul Max Shreck.
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