The Dark Knight Rises Review

Release Date: 20 July 2012
Age Certificate: 12A
Running Time: 164 mins
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Stars: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy

Here it is, finally. The most anticipated film of the last four years. It feels like I’ve been waiting for this film to come on to the big screens for an eternity. And unlike Prometheus I am not disappointed. The Dark Knight Rises takes place eight years after The Dark Knight and here we have Bruce Wayne, a broken man both physically and mentally. After the end of The Dark Knight, he is no longer around and is stuck in Wayne Manor with his trusty old butler Alfred. When Wayne is introduced the viewer feels sorry for him as he’s sad, he has sacrificed everything for the people of Gotham but they are now against him because of the lies past through the media about Harvey Dent. As the story goes The Bat killed Harvey and has gone in to hiding.

The film has a slow build to it, you are introduced to all of the characters. Bane, played by Tom Hardy has a menacing feel to him. Catwoman/Selina Kyle, played by Anne Hathaway, a sly thief and finally Blake, Joseph Gordon-Levitt a detective investing the goings on in Gotham City. Back to Batman, there were people on both sides who thought he was good and bad but you don’t get the feel that he is missed. Commissioner Gordon always plays a great role in Nolan’s Batman films. You can feel that he is feeling pressured that he has had to live under this lie about Harvey. After Bane effects people in Gotham City so badly that Bruce Wayne has to come back and trying and to save Gotham. This is when all hell breaks loose.

This is the best comic book series I have ever seen. This film is fantastic, the visuals, the story, the direction, the acting and the suspense all comes together to create a masterpiece. I know this is a comic book film, but it feels real. You don’t see the ridiculous costume of Batman or Catwoman or Bane with the ridiculous thing over his mouth. You see real people, you imagine a man underneath that mask. This is the first time that Batman has actually been physically challenged, which makes the film even more epic. And finally each segment in the trilogy has different feels to it which makes it a special experience each time you watch them.

To please the Nolan fans he adds one of his finales which I loved.

A masterpiece.

8.5/10

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