Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

2018 • 77 minutes
4.4
315 reviews
75%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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Gotham City, at the turn of the century, is experiencing a golden era of discovery and industry as showcased by affluent businessman Bruce Wayne’s World Fair. Down in the darkest alleys, there is a killer on the loose. Preying on the city’s women, this killer is as precise as he is cruel. As Police Commissioner James Gordon tries to calm the fears of Gotham’s citizens over the butcher named Jack the Ripper, the masked vigilante Batman does some detective work of his own, with the help of the sultry and surefooted Selina Kyle. Witness a world in flames as the killer’s controlled savagery meets the calculated stealth of the Dark Knight!

Ratings and reviews

4.4
315 reviews
Taylor Nelson
February 8, 2018
Some good elements, I liked the periodic nature of the flick, but it felt lacking. I have never seen a Batman movie where Batman got beat down so much and it was not very triumphant--it felt like an adventure and he survived. The movie did not have time to explore some of the cooler elements either--like his similarity to Sherlock. Overall, a good concept, "meh" execution.
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Jackson Washburn
June 6, 2020
Solid Batman story told in Victorian Gotham. Bruce gets as much if not more screen time than Batman & the story takes advantage. It shows a depth to Bruce that we don't often see, with a bit of his post tragedy childhood. All the Batman tropes shifted to Victorian Gotham are really creative & fun. At one point Alfred even quotes the Bible; "Vengeance is mine," and it feels very in line w/ the setting. Jack the Ripper is evil & scary. A solid experience all around.
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Joel
September 5, 2019
I understand that adaptions don't follow the source material exactly but they should at least include it. This adaption of the graphic novel didn't follow its source material hardly at all. Was disappointed that they made Gordon the killer instead of Bruce's uncle from London. Changing it to Gordon didn't make any sense at all. The only point they drew from the graphic novel was that that Bruce was accused of the crimes but even at the end, the movie doesn't show you how Bruce resolved that dilemma. He was still a convicted man who still needed to clear his name. If Gordon was the real killer, he died in the fire. His lab would be evidence but the movie closed out before we saw any of that. At least in the original story, Bruce caught the killer and then was able to show the GPD that it was his Uncle, not him, who was the Ripper. While I enjoyed the animation, music and voicework, I felt that they should have stuck closer to the source material.
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