Batman Begins - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  Near the end of the film, Rachel kisses Wayne.

  A man's headboard is shaped like a pair of breasts.

• Violence

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  A man is shot in the back by a corrupt officer and it is implied that his corpse is dumped into the river.

  There is mentioning of Falcone slashing his wrists while in prison. He is shown with bandages on his wrists.

  An escaped convict menacingly approaches a woman and child. He raises a knife to strike at them before being stopped.

  Batman ensnares a corrupt cop and interrogates him in a tense scene, threatening to drop him from a high height.

  Batman is set on fire by Scarecrow during their first encounter and falls from a high building.

  A criminal is urinating in a bathroom but then Batman appears behind him and smashes his head against a mirror, knocking him unconscious.

  Batman attacks a group of fiends. He grabs one man by the arm and uses his gun to shoot an oncoming attacker in the foot. Then he grabs another crook and flies off with him as the crook screams and fires wildly.

  Batman falls into a street full of people who hallucinate him as a monster whom they attack. He manages to escape them by shooting a grapple onto a speeding train. As he flies off, one of his attackers hangs on but lets go too late, falling from a great height.

  Batman battles a troop of Ra's' henchmen. He beats several of them down, and throws another off a balcony before being attacked by the remaining one. They both plummet off the balcony smashing through structures on the way down.

  The train crash is very destructive and smashes through numerous structures leaving a devastating trail of mayhem in its wake.

• Profanity

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  Jesus is used as an exclamation.

• Intense Scenes

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  There is a scene when a woman is attacked by fear gas, leading her to see her biggest fears.

  When fear gas spreads through the streets, people see terrifying hallucinations and there is a moment in which an infected man bites into another man's head. The sound of screaming and crunching is heard here. James Gordon pleads for backup, but the Commissioner tells him that there is no one else to help him. However, at that very moment, Batman in his Batmobile leaps into the emergency to help.

  Scarecrow sprays Batman with fear gas. Batman then hallucinates many bats tearing their way out of Scarecrow's mouth. This scene is very creepy.

  There's a scene where Batman sprays Scarecrow with his own fear gas. As Batman interrogates Scarecrow, he hallucinates him as a frightening bat-like demon with a growling voice and black bile coming from his mouth, terrifying Scarecrow. This part is pretty unsettling and creepy.

  Much imagery involving bats that may frighten those averse to these animals.

  Several intense and frightening scenes throughout.

  The Scarecrow's voice sounds very menacing and may disturb young children.

  The first 20 minutes may be emotional.