Between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight: This film no one knows will delight fans of the DC saga

Yes, there is a fourth Christopher Nolan Batman story. It takes the form of an animated film set between the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises.

And the screenwriter of the Nolan trilogy is in attendance

Batman: Gotham Knight (released in French as Batman: Tales of Gotham) is a collection of animated short films released on July 8, 2008 in the United States, ten days before the release of The Dark Knight.

It is directed by a Japanese production, but whose scripts are written by Americans, including David S. Goyer, co-author of Nolan’s trilogy for the big screen.

These short films have a common thread that connects them and tells a single story, and several echo the events of Begins:

Return of the Scarecrow

• The first short sees the children each recount their encounter with Batman and the arrest of the mysterious Man in Black.
• Another reveals that the Man in Black is Jacob Feeley, an Arkham defector who specializes in electronics and explosives.
• Lucius Fox invents a gadget that suppresses small arms fire and Batman uses it to attack gangsters Sal Maroni and The Russian. A bullet deflector deflects a bullet from a gangster, who finds himself between life and death, and the superhero decides never to use it again.

• The Scarecrow toxin seen in Baggins reappears: a mob disrupts a religious event and the Cardinal is kidnapped by a killer Croc, influenced by a Jonathan Crane product, lurking in the city’s sewers. Batman defeats Crocodile Man, but Scarecrow escapes. (Written by David S. Goyer).
• A direct continuation of the previous episode, this is a long flashback of Bruce Wayne meeting Cassandra, who taught him to deal with pain.
• In the end, Mary Manning was killed by a sniper deadshot. The next victim? Lieutenant Gordon. Batman decides to act as his guide and fights an assassin hired by The Russian. Deadshot is put behind bars, and Bruce Wayne gets a moral boost when he thinks about killing his parents and remembers that his role as Batman allows him to go on with his life.

Is it worth it?

Therefore, Batman: Tales of Gotham tells the story of the continuation of Bruce Wayne’s debut as Batman – Gordon is still only a lieutenant and not yet a commissioner – and features the Dark Knight (his moral principles, doubts, pain resistance). Sets up a sort of “typical week” for Batman, who has a life to save, really no time to breathe. The movies are uneven but worth watching.

Despite having a different visual style from the American version of the Dark Knight universe, Batman: Tales of Gotham offers a bonus of sorts for Batman Begins, 1 hour of new superhero adventures. at 15, which is not voiced by Christian. Bailey, but with the legendary voice of the late Kevin Conroy, who voiced the character for decades, why shy away from enjoying it?