Sometimes darker means better. Especially in Gotham City.

The moody BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM stands in sharp contrast to the gaudy and goofy live-action Batman films that followed its 1993 theatrical release. Where Joel Schumaker's BATMAN FOREVER (1995) and BATMAN & ROBIN (1997) favored garish color schemes and cartoonish action scenes, PHANTASM delivered an engrossing story told with wit, style and restraint. Read more