Eight years after the events that transpired in The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises begins with Gotham City's crime rate at it's all time low thanks to the able perseverance of Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) , the city's District Attorney whose murder was blamed on Batman (Christian Bale). His alter-ego Bruce Wayne now lives a reclusive life and is jolted when a new villain Bane (Tom Hardy), with a past that's connected to him comes to wreck havoc on Gotham. Like what the title implies, the Dark Knight comes back or rises from whatever things that has been keeping to himself.I saw the film in IMAX and it compliments the movie really well. The beauty of using it's different kind of camera was well executed in some scenes that maximized the big screen there is out now. I for one applaud Christopher Nolan's choice of not converting the movie into 3D for it lessens to impact of the lessons that the movie wants to impart that is in parallel to what's happening in the US right now. I don't want to spoil the movie but to give you guys a clue, it involves the "1%" living in the country right now.
Nothing can beat Heath Ledger's Oscar winning performance in the previous movie but the rest of the cast deliver outstanding performances as well. All that is required of Bane was executed with brute force by Tom Hardy and the trio of Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman is consistent with their acting since Batman Begins (2005) of Alfred Pennyworth, Lucius Fox and Commissioner James Gordon respectively.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt brings a different variation in his character in Inception, another Nolan movie and that is a compliment. Anne Hathaway does a respectable job of portraying the cunning Selina Kyle or Catwoman but it is Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard) who brings more fierceness in the film, in a role that will surprise you.
This is the best film that I'd seen in the IMAX format and you won't regret spending your hard-earned cash in watching it. What a great conclusion to this trilogy that Christopher Nolan created.
With a time-limit that comes close to towering in at 3 hours, this flick could have easily dragged itself around aimlessly, only to cash-in on tying it all up in the end, but that’s not the case here. This is grade-A film-making right here, courtesy of Christopher Nolan and not only was it a great send-off to the trilogy he has made so loved by everybody out there in the world, but also a perfect way to show that he is grateful for each and every fan that has supported him throughout these years. Good review Royce.
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