Batman Returns

A closer look at the story

Hidden in the sewers under the city, the grotesque Penguin teams up with Max Shreck, a corrupt candidate for mayor; their shared goal is to get rid of Batman for good. But Shreck's timid secretary, Selina Kyle, stumbles upon their sinister plan, and her boss attempts to murder her. Returning from the brink of death, Selina becomes Catwoman, seductive, dangerous and bent on revenge. Catwoman sides with Shreck and the Penguin in their plan to destroy Batman, yet every time she faces the masked hero, unexpected sparks fly. Tim Burton directs from Daniel Waters's screenplay; this 126-minute 1992 film stars Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken in a dark and gothic superhero tale.