Faces behind the mask have a story and are usually worn to hide insecurities and pain. What made Christopher Nolan mask Bane in the superhero entertainment film Batman The Dark Knight Rises? What is the story of Bane, and why does Bane wear a mask? Let’s read!
Bane, one of the most iconic villains of the DC universe, made his appearance in two Batman movies. He first debuted in Batman & Robin, in which his character didn’t get a good representation and failed to impress the audience. Bane made its mark in Batman’s The Dark Knight Rises, directed by Christopher Nolan, in which Tom Hardy expertly portrayed Bane’s character.
The perfect representation of Bane, who can even beat Batman, makes a room for his appearance in the DC Extended universe. The question remains intact on why Bane wears the hefty-looking face mask that has pipes in it? Is the mask a representation of some hidden sad story of Bane, or is it just for the purpose to make the villain look more barbarous. One good answer is that the mask serves the purpose of his life survival, and without it, he can’t live for a couple of minutes.
Scroll and read what purpose Bane’s mask serves and why he always wears the mask.
Why Does Bane Wear A Mask? He Looks Monstrous But Have A Story Behind
Bane is the victim of some cruel incidents, trauma which led to several injuries that became the reason for him to wear the mask. The whole story of Bane is quite unknown to everyone; what’s known is depicted in Nolan’s Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, when Bane defeats Batman and traps him in a pit.
The Known Story Behind The Mask
In The Dark Knight rises when bane defeats Batman and sends him into the pit, Batman, aka Bruce Wayne, comes across the shaky details of Bane’s backstory. He learns that at one point, his foe was also a prisoner in the pit, where he suffered extreme cruelty. Once in the pit, Bane was beaten and tortured by the inmates so badly that he suffered greater injuries, and because of the poor treatment, he had to wear the mask that became essential for his life survival.
It was because of the poor treatment, Bane was left in constant pain. The Mask pumps in some pain-killing gas that reduces the pain from his previous injuries and reduces the pain when in combat he gets shots from individuals that are much larger and powerful than him.
Deducing The Mask Supplies
Bane mask supplies him with some chemicals and medicines into his lungs. From a scientific point of view, if we talk about the most viable candidate that can supply consistent and strong pain-killing results is Zincontide, extracted from the venom of cone Snail.
Since this chemical is only injected through the spinal fluid, the tube from the mask to Bane’s back could be pumping Zincontide directly to his spinal cord. In the movie, the bane mask doesn’t contain a tube that connects to his back, which means he can divert the gas from his lungs to the spinal fluid through sheer willpower alone.
How Does Batman Defeat Bane?
In the final fight of the movie Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, Batman defeated bane in hand-to-hand combat and managed to break his mask that was his source, reducing the immense pain from past injuries.
Batman first encountered Bane but ended up in a brutal breakdown; Batman was imprisoned in the pits with several injuries. In there, he got to know about bane’s backstory, how he managed to escape from there, and learned about his mask that was not just for aesthetics but also pumps some pain-killing chemicals. When the injured Batman escaped the prison, he defeated bane by breaking his mask and incapacitating him.
Final Words
The functionality of the mask in the movie is not far off from Bane’s mask in the original comics. In comics, Bane’s mask supplies venom directly to his brain, which acts as a super steroid that increases his impressive physique and gives him the strength of a superhuman.
