Catwoman tells the story of a shy, sensitive artist Patience Philips (Halle Berry), a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she is dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a relationship with Tom Lone (Benjamin Bratt), a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for a string of crime sprees plaguing the city.

It is hard not to draw comparisons to Michelle Pfeifer's catwoman character who had the same love/hate battle with Batman. What Berry does with this character is not so much as to create an everlasting image as Pfeifer did, but rather go through a bunch of choreographed poses that will go well on a promotional poster. Berry does a much better role playing "Storm" in the X-Men movies, where she is stuffed into a skin tight suit and can copy the character from the comic. Not much acting needed there.

Halle Berry has made her career out of being sexy. Other than the Academy oversight in awarding her an Oscar, she has never put forth a real memorable character, and this film is no different. It will sell in it's opening, but look for it to drop fast soon after.