The Dark Knight Rises

PG-13 8.4
2012 2 hr 45 min Drama , Action , Thriller , Crime

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

  • Cast:
    Christian Bale , Michael Caine , Gary Oldman , Anne Hathaway , Tom Hardy , Marion Cotillard , Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Reviews

Huievest
2012/07/20

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

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Portia Hilton
2012/07/21

Blistering performances.

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Ginger
2012/07/22

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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Janis
2012/07/23

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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shalabodov-32997
2012/07/24

Coming off of the success of The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight rises boasts an incredible conclusion to Bale's Batman, with visuals and plot as good as its villain. Hardy was terrific as Bane, a menacing presence not to be messed with. Once again Bale and Caine nailed it as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Alfred, giving career defining performances. The story does take a few curvy turns, however, placing at least 2 plot twists into the film, which didn't necessarily work for me, but that's the only issue to be had with this movie. Breathtaking action sequences, amazing score by Hans Zimmer. A "must see" if you're a Batman fan or a fan of comic books in general.

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nghi-31132
2012/07/25

Despite inferior to the iconic "The Black Knight", the movie still has done a very good job. The screenplay is solid, the acting was perfect and the graphics are spectacular.They said the epilogue is just a technicals show-off or there aren't as many mind games as "The Dark Knight", leads to the downfall of itself. I said this is the best we can do, let just take it slow from now on. "The Dark Knight Rises" doesn't mean Batman will come back stronger than ever. It means he doesn't have to worry about saving Gotham anymore. Because those who can't protect themselves gradually learn to fight for the sake of their peace and the justice they believe. And the generations will live on and on, if bad guys appear, good guys will be there too. The ultimate fade of a legend. After all, "A hero can be anyone even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a little boy's shoulder to let him know that the world had not ended."

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bankofmarquis
2012/07/26

Going into the filming of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, Director Christopher Nolan had a problem on his hands. The previous film in this trilogy - 2008's THE DARK KNIGHT - had turned into a cultural phenomenon based, in part, on the late Heath Ledger's bravura performance as The Joker. So how does he top it?The quick answer is - you don't, so don't even try.THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is a satisfactory conclusion to the Dark Knight trilogy that started with 2005's BATMAN BEGINS and, again stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, the "Dark Knight".What Director Nolan wisely does is continue his dark tone with this film, but does not even mention The Joker (or Ledger) in this film. Let the memories of the past films be just that - memories - and let this film stand on it's own.And it does, for the most part.Taking place 8 years after the events of THE DARK KNIGHT, this film has Batman coming out of self-imposed "retirement" to, yet again, save Gotham City from the clutches of a bad guy - this time, the masked Bane. In the course of this film Batman is torn down, to be risen and reborn again as the shining light of good over evil, shedding the "Dark Knight" moniker once and for all.Nolan - and his brother, and frequent collaborator, Jonathan - wrote the screenplay and it is...serviceable. Nothing really remarkable about the story and plot. It gives each one of our returning characters - Lucious Fox (Morgan Freeman), Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine) and - especially - Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) room to shine along with other, new characters like Selina Kyle/Catwoman (a really good Anne Hathaway), Officer Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard) and, of course, Bane (Tom Hardy).As you might be able to see, ALL of these actors are members of Nolan's "troupe" of actors - they either have been in other Nolan films (or, in the case of Hathaway, WILL be in another Nolan film) and each of them appear on the screen with gusto and a quiet confidence in their characters and a trust in a filmmaker that comes from frequent collaborations.In the lead, Bale, of course, gives his usual, strong performance, though I did detect a hint of weariness in the performance. Now...some will say that is because the character is becoming weary, but I think it is more to the case that Bale was growing weary of playing this character.But that is a quibble for all of the characters/actors do a terrific/professional job pushing the plot forward, which (let's admit) is just an excuse to go from one gigantic battle/chase scene to another and...Nolan certainly knows how to do these.From the opening to close, every one of these gigantic "set pieces" held my attention and I found myself - even though I have seen this film before - sitting on the edge of my seat as the good guys - led by Batman - raced time to thwart the machinations of the bad guys in the end.I'm glad these action sequences held my attention, for there are, inexplicably, looooong sections of this film where there is no action, but "character development" and "growth from strong internal retrospection." This sort of thing might have looked good on the page, but it is rather dull and boring when put on the screen. This film is almost 3 hours long, and - if Mr. Nolan would like to contact me - I can suggest a few spots where we can trim about 20-30 minutes out of this film, starting with the long stretch where Bruce Wayne is imprisoned.But...these stretches are tolerable when you know it will lead you to some really fine action sequences featuring character/actors that you care about and are actually rooting for them to succeed. As I stated before, this is an "agreeable" conclusion to the trilogy. One who's journey I was glad to be one, but - to be honest - one that I was glad was over as well.Letter Grade: B+8 (out of 10) stars and you can take that to the Bank (ofMarquis)

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ElMaruecan82
2012/07/27

Well, I just wished he could rise a little higher above my expectations. This is certainly not a bad movie, far from it, it's effective in the way it wraps us all the elements of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" and heads them into a satisfactory conclusion. But if you discount the ending, the film was a real downer... with every character carrying the most contradictory motives, even Bruce Wayne who lived recluse after Batman's disgrace had to drown his soul in a contemplative ennui that irritates Alfred... and ordinary viewers do not have Alfred's patience.I got back to my reviews of the first two first films, and both had one thing in common: they were positively thrilling, something that hooked your mind and filled your heart with an enthusiastic je-ne-sais-quoi. "Batman Begins" started 'slowly' as it didn't show much of the archetypal Batman until his reveal, but boy, what a great moment! I cheered when Batman made his entrance and later came full circle with his demons. Then the Joker deconstructed the edifice of pompousness built by the "good guys" and with such style and gusto he almost made his "point" and confronted both Batman and Harvey Dent to painful ironies (delightful for him). Dent lost his idealism but not Wayne. Now "The Dark Knight Rises" was necessary because Batman needed a rehabilitation. Or did he? After all, Gotham City lived in peace and since 'innocent is too strong a word to use against' Gotham people, it was quite an achievement. If the price was Honest Gordon praising the man who threatened his own child and Batman's exile, why would Wayne care? After all, vigilante wasn't a vocation but a necessity, to serve justice and fight criminals, if crime stopped, so should his melancholy. Yet Wayne is clearly affected, health problems and loss of cartilage forced him to walk with a cane, but we suspect the pain is underneath rather on the body. I think that romantic grieving angle could have been more interesting than the predictable urban mayhem that strikes Gotham in every "Gotham" episode. Indeed, I wish Nolan was less ambitious on the field of special effects and cared a little more for Bruce Wayne like he did in the first films, wishful thinking. Wayne is the same all right and there's nothing two-dimensional in Christian Bale's portrayal, the problem is simply arithmetic. In the first film, we had Wayne, in the second Wayne/Dent/Joker, here, we have to concentrate on so many supporting players that I wondered if the film wasn't intended for the hardcore fans who'll watch it over and over again. I'm afraid that a first viewing isn't enough to get the film, it was for the previous ones. Where to start? You have Catwoman who swings between the role of a protagonist and then antagonist with the agility of a cat jumping between clotheslines. Anne Hathaway is actually terrific but exudes so many sensual "femme fatale" vibes that she creates an unfortunate sense of redundancy with Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate. Wayne has a way with women but Nolan should have thought about making them a little more different, sometimes it goes as simply as making one blonde and another dark-haired. Both women are secretive, talk in enigmatic insinuation and existential innuendo, there's always an element of seduction you can't put your finger on but after a while, you start to envy Alfred's celibacy.Now, Nolan isn't exactly the ideal director when you yearn for clarity but I take again the first "Batman" films, both had complex plots but not complicated... and they had great villains. Another problem is with the Alpha-villain in this film, Bane has a spectacular action-establishing moment that leaves no doubt that he's the match for Batman... as he seems as tortured a soul and in pain than his nemesis. But then again, I was really scratching my head to figure out what Bane's real motives were, he speaks like some revolutionary leader who believe the ends justify the means but his vision of chaos seem rather pointless... except if it was to get his kicks, that would have been good enough for me, does every character need to be tormented about something?The Joker loved chaos and disorder because they could reveal deeper truths about our own ambivalences, and whatever he did, he did it with style. Tom Hardy is great as Bane, and intimidating as well, as hell, but he's just like a rollercoaster of muscle with a Darth-Vader face and a Scottish accent, whenever he appeared on the film, I just felt uneasy. I know his presence would mean pain, punches, killing, intimidations, which is good for a villain, but the film was way too dark and gloomy that I was begging for a little relief. I think what I get from the "Batman" series is that the villains have fun being bad, pleasing oneself being the most selfish motive, Bane didn't have fun at all... and he was the main villain, so that didn't leave much fun to the story.So let's recapitulate, we have similar female characters with uncertain motives (some revealed near the end), Wayne in his usual "who am I?" quest, a villain who doesn't enjoy what he does but feels it's necessary, a commissioner who can't get over his lies and his separation, in this ocean of gloom, only Joseph Gordon Levitt as a Batman admirer seems to carry the last hope of idealism... not that it brings much to the film. Paraphrasing Alfred, I wouldn't say that Nolan failed his fans (not according to IMDb ratings) but one of the reasons I avoided these films is because he always struck me as a director who like his characters sorry, sad, angry, and way too serious, I was glad I was wrong with the first two films, I was for that third opus, maybe he should have pulled a Joker and ask himself indeed "why so serious?".

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