In this opus, the availability and reliability of Batman's gadgets are artificially reduced so that the fact that he's no better at fighting than any other random black belt from the streets (in this case, Bane) can be used as a form of dramatic tension. In the end, Bane is easily killed by a Batman's gadget and the movie must awkwardly confronts the absurdity that it all could have been settled in 5 minutes at any other time
In this opus, the availability and reliability of Batman's gadgets are artificially reduced so that the fact that he's no better at fighting than any other random black belt from the streets (in this case, Bane) can be used as a form of dramatic tension. In the end, Bane is easily killed by a Batman's gadget and the movie must awkwardly confronts the absurdity that it all could have been settled in 5 minutes at any other time