The Dark Knight
Summary
Despite his famous no - killing rule , Christian Bale ’s Batman shoot down many people throughout Christopher Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy , and he ’s not the only live - activity version to do so . Mostlive - action versions of Batmanare peace - seeking vigilantes who apply vicious methods to fight crime . Every criminal who comes across a Caped Crusader is likely to receive life - change injuries , but Batman usually ensures that his attacks are n’t forthwith lethal on any opponent , including the most dangerous Gotham supervillains .
Batman ’s no - killing ruleis bear out of his desire to implement justice without perpetuate the melodic theme that death is the only solution . After all , Bruce Wayne ’s parents died because a vicious used lethal military unit needlessly . However , the Caped Crusader has killed many of his opposite unnumbered times in both DC Comics and inBatman ’s live - activeness movies . He does n’t set out to murder them directly , but he does n’t lose eternal rest over their eventual deaths , either . Looking back at Christopher Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy , the end triggered by Christian Bale ’s Batman are no exception .
Christian Bale’s Batman Killed 17 People In The Dark Knight Trilogy
Christian Bale ’s rather naturalistic Batmanisn’t too implicated with letting his foe live , as he starts out his crime - fighting vocation by blowing up several members of the League of Shadows inBatman get . While he does n’t aggress them directly , the plosion he uses as a misdirection to hightail it the temple likely kills many of them .
subsequently , Batman faces Ra ’s al Ghul on a railroad train . With James Gordon ’s service , Batman destroys the railway , and when Ra ’s reminds him that sometimes it ’s necessary to kill , Batman let out a loophole by secern him"I wo n’t kill you , but I do n’t have to salve you"before leaving and letting him fall to his dying .
Something interchangeable materialise inThe Dark Knightwith Harvey Dent after his " Two - Face " translation . Here , Batman pushes Dent off a building to hold open Gordon ’s son , lead to Dent ’s death , which Batman had n’t speculate but still came as a result of the circumstance .
as well , Batman scud Talia Al Ghul ’s hand truck inThe Dark Knight Risesas a last resort , and she does n’t survive the subsequent clang . Besides the main opposer ’s deaths , Christian Bale ’s Batman also bolt down two of Joker ’s partner in crime with the Batmobile and one of Talia ’s goons in the clang that kills her . This all amounts toa lordly total of 17 murders , give or take .
How Bale’s Batman Kill Count Compares To Keaton & Affleck
Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck ’s Batmen are n’t more peaceful by any means . Keaton ’s Batman brutally takes out several Joker hoodlum with his Batmobile , throws others from great heights , and explode a chemical factory with no regard for any potential survivors .
In observe with Batman ’s best-loved killing method acting , Keaton ’s Batman kills the Joker by dropping him from a slap-up height . InBatman Returns , Keaton ’s Batman kills two of the Penguin ’s confederate with the Batmobile ’s exhaust fumes and a bomb calorimeter , and he kill the Penguin when he induce the baddie to fall to his death . Ultimately , Michael Keaton ’s Batman murders around 20 peoplein Tim Burton ’s duology .
Ben Affleck ’s Batman is much more brutal than any previous Dark Knight , and less careful about hiding it . Despite not having his own solo movie in the DCEU , Affleck ’s Batman kills more than 10 criminals with the Batmobile , the Batwing , a grenade , a wooden crate , an detonate flamethrower , and his plain workforce inBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice . He also vote out several enemies with a political machine gun in the Knightmare episode and multiple Parademons in bothJustice League ’s theatrical cut and Zack Snyder’sJustice League , all fora amount of over 30 onscreen kills .
Version Of Batman
Number Of kill
Michael Keaton ’s Batman
The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, is the second installment in the Batman trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman. Released in 2008, the film follows Batman’s alliance with Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent as they combat the organized crime that threatens Gotham, facing the menacing Joker.
Around 20
Christian Bale ’s Batman
Around 17
Ben Affleck ’s Batman
30 +
Does Bale Break Batman’s Biggest Rule?
Christian Bale ’s Batman is n’t as unblushing with his murders asMichael Keaton and Ben Affleck ’s Batmen , but he still breaks his famous no - shoot down rule pretty openly . He could have found other ways to escape the League of Shadow ’s temple , dig Ra ’s al Ghul , and bar various partner in crime without resorting to deadly force .
Harvey Dent and Talia al Ghul ’s death were more difficult to invalidate , though , as every instant was crucial to save many innocent victim . However , sparing the Joker inThe Dark Knightseems arbitrary , as all the chaos and expiry the Joker caused in Gotham warrant a more determinate intercession . After all , Christian Bale ’s Batman is no stranger to defeat in theDark Knighttrilogy .
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The Dark Knight , directed by Christopher Nolan , is the second installation in the Batman trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman . resign in 2008 , the film follows Batman ’s alignment with Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent as they combat the organized crime that menace Gotham , present the sinister Joker .
