Bereft of excitement and with action scenes similar to those we've seen a dozen times before, this is a very poor effort indeed.

The screenplay's a hodgepodge of witchcraft, ancient Egyptian lore, pulp feminism, and a dash of S&M.

Catwoman's director, a visual-effects specialist named Pitof, is not contained by the rules of filmmaking. Scenes that make sense? Nonsense. Characters with inner lives? Utterly passe.

I love(d) basketball more than anything in the world until I watched the basketball scene in Catwoman. Now I hate basketball.