Batman Forever

Batman Forever sends Bruce Wayne back into Gotham's glare as he faces two glittering threats who push the city to the edge. The first is a once-brilliant inventor turned vengeful criminal, now known as Two-Face after a brutal fall from grace. The second is a flamboyant, brainy villain who uses riddles to taunt the Dark Knight and the people of Gotham. As the caped crusader grapples with lingering memories of his parents' murder, he also begins to open up to a new interest, a clinical psychologist who probes his fears and hopes for a different kind of balance in his double life. The city wears its neon color and danger on the surface, inviting both daring heroics and reckless missteps.

Released in 1995 and directed by Joel Schumacher, Batman Forever reboots the caped crusader for a new era. It draws on DC Comics characters created by Bob Kane, with a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman and collaborators, led by a cast.

The film earned about 336,529,144 worldwide on a 100 million budget, delivering a solid commercial return and helping cement Gotham as a bustling, spectacle driven blockbuster setting in mid 1990s superhero cinema that helped shape future studio expectations for franchises.

The Riddler played by Jim Carrey turned villainy into a comic carnival and helped define the era's oversized comic book style, while Tommy Lee Jones's Two-Face became a showpiece of duality and bravado. The film's bright visuals and electric energy left a lasting, if polarizing, imprint on Batman lore today.

Critics accepted Batman Forever as a glossy blockbuster with strong performances and a lively design, though some noted tonal shifts and uneven pacing. The film wrestles with themes of identity and duality under pressure from celebrity fame and a tortured past. Many viewers still debate camp versus grit in cinema.