Catwoman (film)

Catwoman is an imagined spinoff of the The Dark Knight Rises Trilogy and is set in the DC Cinematic Universe. It features Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle with an ensemble of villains including Calendar Man, Akahara, and Firefly.

Plot

 * Movie first goes into Selina's origin as an orphan with Holly Robinson and their time with Roman Bracuda, Selina was give an experimental treatment which gave her strength and agility. She was trained by The Armless Master and Wildcat.
 * Fast forward to current day, Selina meets with Holly and they finally decide to confront Bracuda for the horrible things he did to them in past. However, Bracuda kills Holly. In retaliation, Catwoman beats up Bracuda and finds out he has ties to Calendar Man and decides to take him down to.
 * Catwoman gets leads from a mysterious man named The Broker to a Calendar Man hideout and she fights Firefly.
 * Akahara, leader of the Yakuza, is pleased that Catwoman is taking down his rival, Calendar Man and sends his bodyguard Shado to offer her to join them.
 * Catwoman leads an invasion on Calendar Man's headquarters, and it goes bad. Many Yakuza members are killed and Catwoman is taken prisoner. Calendar Man reveals to her that Holly was not killed and that she is a prisoner. She also learns that there are secret "catwomen" around the world who were part of that experimental treatment.
 * Catwoman is furious and beats Calender Man. She and Holly escape.

Cast

 * Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle

A professional cat burglar who was given an experimental treatment when young and has enhanced physical abilities. She was trained by The Armless Master and Wildcat before taking a more controversial turn to crime. She was redeemed in The Dark Knight Rises and this movie deals with how she becomes more of an antihero again.


 * Sienna Miller as Holly Robinson

Selina's best friend from childhood who is essential to the plot and is taken prisoner by Calendar Man.


 * Tiny Lister as Julian Day/Calendar Man

A disturbed crime lord who commits crimes centered around holidays. It is later revealed that he is working for Black Mask.


 * Seizo Fukumoto as Akahara

Leader of the Yakuza gang that hires Selina. His empire is severely damaged after the climax.


 * Marg Helgenberger as Maggie Sawyer

GCPD officer who works on cases centering around the Yakuza. She gets info on Selina and is conflicted with her actions.


 * Ming Na-Wen as Shado

A former League of Shadows member who is the bodyguard of Akahara.


 * Ice T as Ramon Bracuda

A small-scale crime boss who did bad things to Selina and has ties to the experimental cat treatment. He is killed by Selina after it appeared that he killed Holly.


 * Ray Park as Ted Carson/Firefly

A pyromaniac that works for Calendar Man. Killed in a fight with Shado.


 * Dana Delany as Sarah Essen

A GCPD lieutenant that takes a harder stance on the crime.


 * Corey Johnson as Sherman Fine/The Broker

An underground crime insider who feeds Selina information.

Coco Austin plays Coco, an original character who is Bracuda's top henchman that fights Catwoman and Holly. Burn Gorman reprises his role in a flashback scene as Philip Stryver from The Dark Knight Rises. Michael Bacall and Dan Bakkedahl play GCPD officers George Flannery and Nelson Crowe, respectively. Harry Ian Cusick has a small role in a flashback scene as Ted Grant/Wildcat.

Future
Catwoman will appear in The Justice League III. A sequel titled Catwoman: Nine Lives is in development.