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The Dark Knight Rises

PG-13

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2 hr. 45 min.

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Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

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87%

381 Reviews

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90%

250,000+ Ratings

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It has been eight years since Batman (Christian Bale), in collusion with Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman), vanished into the night. Assuming responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman sacrificed everything for what he and Gordon hoped would be the greater good. However, the arrival of a cunning cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) and a merciless terrorist named Bane (Tom Hardy) force Batman out of exile and into a battle he may not be able to win.

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Critics Consensus

The Dark Knight Rises is an ambitious, thoughtful, and potent action film that concludes Christopher Nolan's franchise in spectacular fashion.

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Virginia B

The movie I saw was The Dark Knight. There was some mixup between Fandango and Regal theaters. So my five stars is for The Dark Knight, which is what I saw.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Jonny W.

AMAZING and underrated film!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/01/23

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Michael

One of the best opening scenes of any movie ever made. Who is Bane and why does he wear the mask?

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Jorge C

Pues si me enchino los pelos de los huevos durante casi tres horas, pero los pocos errores que tienen, son graves.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Jesss M

The Dark Knight Rises offers the best of Batman and gets you into its conclusion about the notion of heroism and devotion from a single man. Christopher Nolan delivers a most satisfying conclusion to his critically acclaimed superhero saga, with this highly anticipated blockbuster. It's usually hard for the third film to live up to the original, but this does and nails it. Everything is top-notch in the film, the acting: Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale), Bane (Tom Hardy), Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Anne Hathaway), Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine), James Gordon (Gary Oldman), Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard), John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), the writing, the cinematography, the storyline, the soundtrack that is performed by Hans Zimmer is so epic and exciting as well, the visual effects are all perfect in the film. Tom hardy is fantastic as Bane and his mask is really intimidating. I like how they didn't cover up his whole face because if they did cover his face up, he wouldn't look as threatening as he actually is. The action is incredible, the performances are great, the scene with Bruce climbing out of Banes prison is one of my favorite scenes of the trilogy, the story, everything works in the movie and while it might not be better than the previous films I still am pleased with this movie and never have I been more satisfied with a comic book series conclusion than this one. Christopher Nolan has de-constructed Batman not a as comic book fanboy, but as a professor looking at the mythos we create and use in story telling. He definitely did justice to the whole trilogy and will be a trilogy to never be forgotten. Overall, The Dark Knight Rises is a fitting, full-arc conclusion to a great epic trilogy, Christopher Nolan made it with care and love for the franchise

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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Jjj M

The Dark Knight Trilogy All-nighter - BFI IMAX (IMAX 70mm) Despite fighting sleep for a solid 30 minute stretch at what I estimate to have been 5:30am, this was still amazing. The middle 30-40 minutes does slow down a bit too significantly that it dampens the momentum but the finale is so incredible, epic filmmaking on a dizzying scale. This one has so much IMAX too, like wow. It's supposedly about 76 minutes of the film but it feels like over half the film has the full imax ratio. It's jaw dropping and as epic as imagery can get and an IMAX 70mm print on the gargantuan BFI IMAX screen remains as mind blowing as ever. Interestingly, each film in the trilogy does look and feel quite different from the others, more than I'd realised before. This has my favourite score of the trilogy and hearing it blasting out the IMAX speakers is absolutely glorious. I cannot express enough how incredible the 3rd act of this film is. What an unforgettable night

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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Bruce Wayne

Anne Hathaway

Selina Kyle

Tom Hardy

Bane

Marion Cotillard

Miranda Tate

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

John Blake

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J. Hoberman

ARTINFO.com

The Dark Knight Rises not only celebrates a caped Übermensch but is itself, as a commercial enterprise, something beyond good and evil.

Feb 25, 2019

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Candice Frederick

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The Dark Knight Rises is the taut and satisfying finale to a beastly franchise that not only proposed new interpretations of a beloved tale, but it also re-engineered what we imagine a superhero movie to be.

Rated: B+

Sep 8, 2017

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Jason Bailey

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Nolan somehow never loses control - this is an accomplished and tremendously confident filmmaker, both in the execution of his thrilling chases and action beats, and in his manipulation of the complicated, multi-faceted narrative.

Jun 21, 2016

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Don Shanahan

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Every character is beyond three-dimensional and fleshed out with dynamic emotions, origins, strengths, flaws, victories, losses, goals, and fates.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 7, 2024

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Juan Pablo Russo

EscribiendoCine

Just when it seemed Batman would never be able to shake off his invincible karma, Nolan managed to reinvent his character, place him in the present day, and turn him into a vigilante. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 10/10

Mar 11, 2024

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Akhil Arora

AkhilArora.com

[The cap to Nolan’s Batman trilogy] briefly suggests deconstructing [the Dark Knight's] victories and of those around him, only to tilt all the way back. Ultimately betraying itself and its characters.

Oct 17, 2023

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Synopsis

It has been eight years since Batman (Christian Bale), in collusion with Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman), vanished into the night. Assuming responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman sacrificed everything for what he and Gordon hoped would be the greater good. However, the arrival of a cunning cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) and a merciless terrorist named Bane (Tom Hardy) force Batman out of exile and into a battle he may not be able to win.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Executive Producer: Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy, Thomas Tull
Screenwriter: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Syncopy
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language|Some Sensuality)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 20, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $2
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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