8 Ways That Ben Affleck’s Batman Is Different Than Christian Bale’s

7) He’s A Sadist

Bruce isn’t just a killer in BvS. Where Christian Bale’s Wayne let the justice he delivered by night weigh heavily upon him in his down time, the Batfleck is unmoved by the harm he causes. In fact, he actually appears to take pleasure in dishing out pain.

Call it a psychological side-effect of years of numbing physical combat, or his way of retaliating after the world has so often wronged him. Either way, this Batman brands people he doesn’t like.

A searing hot Bat-brand is how he leaves his mark on the criminals he despises. Affleck’s Batman also taunts his opponents (“Do you bleed? You will”), plays on the fears of people just because (scaring a cop by hanging in the shadows of a crime scene like some monstrous gargoyle) and, at one point, even drags a car of bad guys behind him in order to maximize the damage.

Violence isn’t just functional to Affleck’s Bruce Wayne – the guy actually seems to enjoy it.