BATMAN RETURNS(1992)
The darkest of all the Batman movies until "The Dark
Knight", Danny DeVito was just plain ugly as the Penguin
in this! It was hard to believe that this could ever have been
beaten for darkness! But of course it was many years later!
But not only is it dark, but kinda stupid too! The script looks
like it was written by a ten year old, and acting was terrible,
and I just plain didn't care for this movie! C
From Amazon.com:
The first Batman sequel takes a wicked turn with the
villainous exploits of the freakish and mean-spirited
Penguin (Danny DeVito), whose criminal collaboration
with evil tycoon Max Shreck(Christopher Walken)
threatens to drain Gotham City of its energy supply.
As if that weren't enough, Batman (Michael Keaton)
has his hands full with the vengeful Catwoman (Michelle
Pfeiffer), who turns out to be a lot more dangerous than
a kitten with a whip. As with the first Batman feature,
director Tim Burton brings his distinct visual style to
the frantic action, but this time there's a darker
malevolence lurking beneath all that extraordinary
production design. --Jeff Shannon