Gotham gets a grimmer, more procedural detective story in this 2022 take on the character, directed by Matt Reeves and anchored by Robert Pattinson's withdrawn, still-learning version of the vigilante.
What is The Batman about?
Only two years into his career as a masked crimefighter, this Bruce Wayne runs on instinct and obsession more than legend. Patrolling a soaked, neon-streaked Gotham where politicians and organized crime share the same rot, he is pulled into a case built from riddles and recorded messages left for the city's elite. Working the trail alongside police contacts who tolerate him more than trust him, he keeps crossing paths with a cat burglar working her own angle inside the underworld's nightclub scene. Every clue loops back toward Gotham's founding families and the compromises that built the city's current decay, turning a string of attacks into an inquiry about who Gotham actually belongs to.
About the cast
Robert Pattinson leads the film in a quieter, more procedural register than earlier versions of the character, playing the detective side of the role over the showman. Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell fill out a dense supporting bench, giving this Gotham a rotating cast of familiar faces rather than one obvious co-lead carrying every scene opposite Pattinson.
Context & significance
Running close to three hours, this American production leans into a moody, near-noir treatment of its material, favoring atmosphere and investigation over set-piece spectacle. It blends crime-drama plotting with the more overtly comic-book side of the character's history, and reception on release was largely positive, with particular praise for its tone, cinematography, Robert Pattinson's performance and Matt Reeves' grounded direction, even as some reviewers questioned the long runtime.
Watching The Batman on Ktime
The film is available on K-Time with a Farsi dub track and Persian subtitles, both accessible once a viewer logs into a free K-Time account. The platform's Farsi-first interface makes it simple for Persian-speaking audiences to toggle between dub and subtitles and to move straight from this page into other titles in the same catalogue.