Five years ago, as the first Joker movie was released into theatres, Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix might have been telling everyone that it was a one-off. But privately, the two of them already knew they couldn’t wait to revisit the Batman villain once again.

Joker 2 is no match to part one. The one reason could be the protagonist (or antagonist himself). He had the whole world right at his disposal and the open spaces became his ground where he could go b