The action scenes are all OTT and mere spectacle, but they lack tension and excitement and it's really hard to care. The main loss is the loss of darkness - Schumacher maximises the audience by making it kiddie friendly and losing any edge the original had. The story is little more than an excuse for two things, 1 - big action scenes and 2 - big hammy performances from whoever is playing the villains this time. Here the script is pointless and any character development is thrown out the window. The story to this makes the first two films look like Shakespeare. This third of the series rings the alarm bells early when the credits tell us that Burton is out and thoughtless crowd pleaser Schumacher is in! If that's not bad enough Keaton is replaced by Val Kilmer. When villains Two-Face and the Riddler team up to take over Gotham City by beating Batman, the dynamic duo find themselves in a battle for the city. Bruce Wayne and his young ward Dick Grayson tackle crime as Batman and Robin.
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