The Batman

Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Batman.

Catwoman is more than just a secondary character inThe Batman.

Shes pretty much a co-lead alongside Robert Pattinsons Bruce Wayne.

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While shes cracking the safe, shes confronted by Batman.

The two eventually develop a romance, but their first encounter is a fast-moving fight scene.

This Catwoman proves herself to be a competent fighter with agile movements and high-altitude kicks.

Split image of Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman with and without the mask in The Batman

I Have A Thing About Strays.

Back at Catwomans apartment, she drinks a glass of milk.

Batman spots all the cats wandering around the place and observes, You got a lot of cats.

Zoe Kravitz cracking a safe in The Batman

Selina quips back, I have a thing about strays.

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Eventually, Catwoman snaps and explains it to him: Because hes my father!

Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman drinking milk in The Batman

Falcone is Catwomans illegitimate father who killed her mother, so naturally, she wants him dead.

With facial recognition technology, this contact lens camera is one of the Bats best new gadgets.

Catwoman identifies crooked politicians and mafiosos dotted around the club.

Catwoman overlooking Gotham in The Batman

Theres a real sense of tension in this sequence as Selina tries to I.D.

every powerful figure in there without arousing suspicion.

Shes not a comic book archetype; shes a human being.

Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle and Robert Pattinson as Batman on a building site in The Batman

This Catwomans vulnerability is established when she hears a heartbreaking voicemail of Falcone brutally murdering her roommate, Annika.

Shes still a classic femme fatale, but shes not immune to emotions.

As it turns out, the signal is being used by Catwoman.

Catwoman meeting Batman at the Bat-signal

Shes abducted a corrupt cop to interrogate about the Falcone connection.

She wants to kill the cop, but Batman stops her in a poignant dramatic moment.

Batman turns out the lights at the wrong moment and her first shots miss the sadistic mob boss.

Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman in The Batman looking offscreen in a mask

This leads to a brutal fight between Falcone and his illegitimate daughter.

They keep switching who has the upper hand.

Falcone doesnt pull his punches and neither does Selina.

Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman holding a gun in The Batman

He understands why she wants him dead, but he also insists that killing him wont solve anything.

Eye-for-an-eye punishment just makes the punisher as monstrous and guilty as the punishee.

But, like most other superhero epics, it still culminates in a big climactic battle sequence.

Batman and Catwoman overlooking the Gotham skyline in The Batman

Her Farewell To Batman

Catwomans final scene inThe Batmanmight have set her up for a solo adventure.

In the films final shot, a forlorn Batman watches Catwomans departure in his wing mirror.

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