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Stax over at FilmForce got a hold of David Goyer's script for Batman Begins.  The movie is being directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia) and stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes and Cillian Murphy.

Stax liked the script very much.  Here's a taste of the review:

Batman Begins, as you most likely already know, is an origin tale. The first 45 pages employ a non-linear structure that recounts what drove Bruce Wayne (Bale) to assume the mantle of Batman, how he developed his fighting skills (and who taught him some new tricks), and how he focused his rage into something beneficial rather than purely selfish and destructive.

During his bleak sojourn in the Far East, twenty-something Bruce Wayne's already impressive fighting skills are honed under the tutelage of Ducard (Neeson), the top henchman of enigmatic international criminal Ra's al Ghul (Watanabe). After breaking with Ra's and his League of Shadows, Bruce returns to Gotham City, which has hit rock bottom during his absence. Crime and corruption is fast eating away at the city and no one seems able to stem it.

An honest cop like Sgt. – later Lieutenant – Jim Gordon (Oldman) are outgunned, overwhelmed, and simply too vulnerable to cross the powers-that-be alone. His crooked partner Flass doesn't like it that Gordon won't take bribes (shades of Batman: Year One and even Serpico).

You can find the entire review here.