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Director Christopher Nolan (The Prestige) returns to Gotham City with this sequel to the critically-acclaimed fan favourite, Batman Begins. In The Dark Knight, Batman (Christian Bale, – American Psycho) squares off against a new, completely psychotic foe: the Joker (Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain). However, the Dark Knight finds himself fighting a battle on two fronts when he learns that a prominent political figure named Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart, Thank You For Smoking) is concealing a dastardly alter-ego known as Two Face.

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The Dark Knight arrives with tremendous hype (best superhero movie ever? posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?), and incredibly, it lives up to all of it. But calling it the best superhero movie ever seems like faint praise, since part of what makes the movie great--in addition to pitch-perfect casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision--is that it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is Gotham City's new district attorney, charged with cleaning up the crime rings that have paralyzed the city. He enters an uneasy alliance with the young police lieutenant, Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Batman (Christian Bale), the caped vigilante who seems to trust only Gordon--and whom only Gordon seems to trust. They make progress until a psychotic and deadly new player enters the game: the Joker (Heath Ledger), who offers the crime bosses a solution--kill the Batman. Further complicating matters is that Dent is now dating Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, after Katie Holmes turned down the chance to reprise her role), the longtime love of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne.

In his last completed role before his tragic death, Ledger is fantastic as the Joker, a volcanic, truly frightening force of evil. And he sets the tone of the movie: the world is a dark, dangerous place where there are no easy choices. Eckhart and Oldman also shine, but as good as Bale is, his character turns out rather bland in comparison (not uncommon for heroes facing more colorful villains). Director-cowriter Christopher Nolan (Memento) follows his critically acclaimed Batman Begins with an even better sequel that sets itself apart from notable superhero movies like Spider-Man 2 and Iron Man because of its sheer emotional impact and striking sense of realism--there are no suspension-of-disbelief superpowers here. At 152 minutes, it's a shade too long, and it's much too intense for kids. But for most movie fans--and not just superhero fans--The Dark Knight is a film for the ages. --David Horiuchi

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.59 x 6.77 inches; 3.53 Ounces
Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2724295660920
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Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 32 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ April 17, 2019
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Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Home Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001CEE1WG
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LeeWilli2000

Bass, bass, bass!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2012

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I thought the movie was a 6 out of 10 for two reasons: A little too lengthy with some lulls and the Joker was not as he was in the comic. White makeup in this one instead of his face being bleached by acid? The interpretations by Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson were far better than Ledger's.

Good cinematography and an excellent soundtrack with some serious emphasis on LFE made this an easy add for the home theater.

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Eduardo F

Great Product and Movie

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2018

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Great movie and Blu-Ray disc. It truly is Blu-Ray Full HD. One of the push-to-release buttons in the case came cracked but it still works fine.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2019

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Great condition as stated on sale.

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The no complaints here perfect

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2018

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Perfect that's what I wanted

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Great movie

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2017

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I could see the Joker's pores! The sound quality and resolution were impressive on my 4k tv.

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eric

great show

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2011

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good show lots of verity and lots of action.if you like adult anime you will love this show.wish it were dub.

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disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020

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what I didn't like about this was the fact it was out of region dvd and won't play on any of my dvds or blu ray players I was extremely excited to have it till when trying to watch it and wasnt able to

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Like it.

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Creepy but enjoyable. Next to The Patriot, it is Heath Ledgers best performance. Definitely he left this world too soon.

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J. Schlachter

Düsteres Meisterwerk mit tiefgründiger Story, sehenswerter Action und superber Darstellerriege

Reviewed in Germany on July 28, 2008

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Die berechtigte Frage, ob der im Vergleich zu seinen Vorgängern gewaltige Hype und unglaubliche Kassenerfolg (nebst Brechens diverser Rekorde wie das Knacken der 300 Mio. Dollar Einspielmarke in nur 10 Tagen) allein auf das Vermächtnis des tragisch verstorbenen Heath Ledger zurückzuführen ist, kann nach zweieinhalb Stunden eindeutig mit NEIN beantwortet werden. Ungeachtet der Präsenz des in seiner letzten und tatsächlich beeindruckendsten Rolle als Batmans ewiger Widersacher Joker faszinierenden Australiers, entfaltet das Regiegenie Christopher Nolan - nach PRESTIGE erneut mit Bruder Jonathan für das Drehbuch verantwortlich - ein erzählerisch, visuell und soundtechnisch perfektes Spektakel.

Konnte man nach BATMAN BEGINS den Eindruck gewinnen, düsterer und schwermütiger geht es gar nicht mehr, so belehrt THE DARK KNIGHT den Zuschauer mühelos eines Besseren. Nach wie vor wird Bruce Wayne von Selbstzweifeln an der Richtigkeit seines Tuns zerfressen, verstärkt zudem durch die Tatsache, dass die Öffentlichkeit ihn dank schmutziger Presse zunehmend als Vigilant denn als Retter wahrnimmt. Verdammt dazu, nach der Zerstörung Wayne Manors im Penthouse inmitten des Großstadtmolochs Gotham den hedonistischen Playboy zu geben, hält im Grunde genommen nur sein treuer Butler Alfred (wie immer ein Genuss: Michael Caine) und quasi Stimme des Gewissens ihn davon ab, das Cape verbittert an den Nagel zu hängen. Umso willkommener nutzt Wayne die Gelegenheit, den aufstrebenden Harvey Dent, den er als neuen Mann an der Seite seiner Ex-Flamme Rachel (bezaubernd spröde: Maggie Gyllenhaal) kennenlernt, in dessen Wahlkampf zum Staatsanwalt zu unterstützen. Unglücklicherweise erfährt sein Plan, dem Kampf gegen das organisierte Verbrechen ein heroisches Gesicht zu verschaffen, eine durch den Joker beeinflusste Umsetzung, die fernab vom beabsichtigten Bild des "Weißen Ritters" liegen soll.

Gleich mit dem ersten Auftritt erweckt Heath Ledger einen der denkwürdigsten und problemlos die Top 5 der abgrundtief bösesten Filmschurken enternden Comic-Charakter zum Leben. Weit entfernt von Jack Nicholsons nichtsdestotrotz grandioser, den Begriff "Overacting" mehr als strapazierender Performance in Tim Burtons BATMAN, ist der als blendend aussehender Teenieliebling zu Starruhm gelangte Ledger unter bewusst nachlässig aufgetragenem Make-up und mit ungepflegt-schlammfarbener Frisur kaum zu erkennen. Darüber hinaus entwickelt er eine Körpersprache, die gepaart mit schleppender - aufgrund der permanent echsenhaft herumschnellenden Zunge - zischelnder Sprechweise eine Bedrohlichkeit kreiert, die anschließende Gewaltausbrüche beinahe erlösend wirken lässt.

Wer mit dem Batman-Universum aus den Comics vertraut ist, für den wird das Folgende keine Überraschung sein. Alle anderen sollten diesen Absatz überspringen. Neben dem Joker gelingt Nolan erstmals, Two-Face adäquat auf die Leinwand zu bringen. Vergesst BATMAN FOREVER (sorry, Tommy Lee Jones)! Das Make-up, das den kantigen und hervorragenden Aaron Eckhart als Harvey Dent im letzten Akt halbseitig entstellt, gehört mit zur besten Maske, die man in der jüngeren Filmgeschichte mehr voller Faszination denn mit Abscheu bestaunen durfte. Allein aufgrund Eckharts intensiven Spiels wird das Schicksal des sich vom aufrechten Bezirksstaatsanwalt zum skrupellosen Rächer wandelnden Harvey Dent niemanden kalt lassen. Unbeschreiblich und genial, wie Nolan und sein Director of Photography Wally Pfister (MEMENTO, BATMAN BEGINS), mit viel Schatten spielend, die erbarmungswürdige Gestalt in Szene setzen.

Bei der Gelegenheit ein paar Worte zur Regie: abgesehen davon, dass Nolan das Versprechen eingelöst hat, im Sequel mehr Action als im Vorgänger zu präsentieren, meint man gar das Werk eines anderen Regisseurs zu sehen. Der teils anstrengende Look der Mann-gegen-Mann-Fights im Vorgänger ist einem deutlich eleganteren Inszenierungsstil gewichen. Überhaupt sind die atemberaubenden Actionsequenzen überraschend einfallsreich und mit dynamischer Wucht gefilmt. Sei es die Episode in Hong Kong, die den vergleichbaren MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Stunt von Tom Cruise in Shanghai zur harmlosen Turnübung degradiert. Oder der bereits im Trailer zu bewundernde Truck-Überschlag nebst der vorangegangenen Verfolgungsjagd. Der sich nach eigenem Bekunden eher als Schauspieler-Regisseur betrachtende Nolan hat eine gehörige und sichtbare Portion Nachhilfe genommen und sich zum genauso versierten Action-Regisseur komplettiert. Dennoch dienen die Materialschlachten nicht allein als Augenfutter fürs eventhungrige Publikum, sondern treiben die erstaunlich tiefgründige Geschichte voll unvorhersehbarer Wendungen plausibel voran. Trotz bereits in unzähligen Varianten auf Zelluloid gebannt schafft das Autorenbrüderpaar überdies das Kunststück, dem spannungsgeladenen Szenario der tickenden Zeitbombe neue Facetten abzugewinnen und besonders in der Fährensequenz für schweißnasse Handflächen und atemlose Stille zu sorgen.

Untermalt wird das Geschehen vom Score der außergewöhnlichen Kooperation Hans Zimmer und James Newton Howard. Entgegen der in Actionkrachern überwiegend zum Einsatz kommenden treibenden Rhythmen wirkt hier ein ständig präsenter Klangteppich, der das im Vorgänger etablierte Batman Thema der Situation angepasst variiert. Der Psyche des Jokers entsprechend werden seine Auftritte ein ums andere Mal von Geräuschkollagen und Disharmonien begleitet. Insgesamt liefern Zimmer und Howard mit ihrem Beitrag zu THE DARK KNIGHT eines ihrer besten Werke ab, das auch losgelöst vom Film Bestand haben wird. Ein MUSS für Freunde epischer Filmscores.

Bleibt zum Schluss nur die dringende Empfehlung, sich das Highlight des Kinosommers 2008 keinesfalls entgehen zu lassen. Näher an der Perfektion wird man - zumindest im Genre der Comicadaptionen - in absehbarer Zeit wohl nicht mehr unterhalten werden. In dem Sinne bleibt ungeachtet des Filmendes zu hoffen: Batman continues...

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2012

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The Dark Knight is exactly what hollywood has been missing until a film of this magnitude was released, with the amount of half arsed, money making, greedy film companies taking your hard earned money for over hyped rubbish, you don't see many films that really were written and made with such passion as this film is, and it delivers for the people. Everyone involved had worked there arse off to make a masterpiece like this film and the final outcome prooves that beyond a doubpt. Most of the writers, producers, and filmers biggest example is steven speilberg abuse there name with the trash they have delivered to us in recent years.

Christopher Nolan is a brilliant story teller and producer of films and makes sure he delivers the most brilliant story, picture and sound he can possibly deliver to people. As we will see him do this year when The Dark Knight Rises is released and will conclude a brilliant Batman trilogy.

Heath Ledger won an academy award for his role as "Joker" in The Dark Knight ledger is amazing, brilliant, scary, and to be honest an academy award is not enough recognition for a performance of that caliber, so many actors/actresses spew out the same characteristics in every single film they appear in and get to call themselves actors movie after movie and get paid ridiculous amounts of money to do so.

The Dark Knight is the most awesome, action packed, twisted adventure, you can ever hope to see, and the most well written and acted film i have seen hollywood release, in a long time.

A short overview of the film:
Batman (Bruce Wayne) raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to distroy the remaining criminal organizations that corrupt the police, lawyers, and which also plague and terrorise the city's streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as "The Joker".

This film is hands down the way batman and was always ment to be envisioned and portrayed, and is defently one of the top 10 films to see before you die. If you have not seen this film then do yourself a favour and buy it on Blu-Ray watch it and be amazed at how trully brilliant this film is.

The action scenes where shot in IMAX (the best picture quality available) and all other scenes are shot in 70mm lens (2nd best picture quality available) making this a brilliant film to watch and enjoy in the most crisp high definition experiance on BLU-RAY, mix that with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and your in for one hell of a treat.

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BobH

'Why so serious?'

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2013

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'Why so serious?'
'The Dark Knight' (2008) is a film of treachery and deceit which, in some ways, is marred by its very complexity. The effects are spectacular and, given the lack of realism in comic-book super-hero films, fitting for the subject-matter. The script tends to be somewhat mundane but is rescued by the performances, especially that of Heath Ledger as The Joker.
Some reviewers, I note, dismiss the film as trite but I think they misjudge it. It tries too hard to trick the audience and produce confusion and so, to quote the Joker, the audience might ask, 'Why so serious?' In many ways it takes itself very seriously to confuse rather than simply amuse the audience. As a result it improves on a second viewing. It is filled with apparent non-sequiturs and ill-explained events. For example, the Chinese accountant Lau seems fashioned to be the archetype for new villain for the US public who've already worked their way through German and English 'nasties' ( in the masterpiece creation of the Gruber brothers in Die Hard 1 and Die Hard 3 the creation is blended by using English actors). However, the whole episode of Lau could have been cut out without affecting the main plot. There's a 'clever' reference to 'Two-Face' which is never exploited. 'The Batman' (why the article?) flits in and out with ease but, as expected, although shunning (on the whole) powerful weapons, is never floored. People die and then come alive again. Considering the miserable display of human nature throughout 95% of the film one might well agree with the Joker's misanthropic viewpoint, which makes the ferry sequence too difficult to swallow.
However, the acting rescues all. Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman perform with their usual competence, which puts them in the upper echelon of most film stars. Christopher Bale achieves an air of menace as Batman and an air of irritating complacency as Bruce Wayne. Aaron Eckhart produces an excellent portrayal of ambivalence - early on he's so praised you're sure he must be up to no good and later on he behaves so abominably you're sure he's going to come through in the end. However, it is Heath Ledger who steals the show - how fitting as the number of times the Joker appears to outwit the forces of law and order before the 'deus ex machina' routine spoils his scheme. Only by 'playing dirty' does Batman etc. bring him down. He verges on the over-playing like Alan Rickman does in 'Die Hard' and 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' and they both stay enough inside acting to dominate the film and walk off with the honours.
To sum it up 'The Dark Knight' is easily worth 4 stars and almost claws its way into 5.

brainleek007

Believe the hype

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2008

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This is easily the best superhero film I've ever seen bar none.

It builds superbly on the groundwork laid in Batman Begins and expands the characters whilst bringing us deeper into Bruce Wayne's tormented world.

This film succeeds for me because it brings the fantasy world of Batman ever so close to being real. Batman deals with very 'real' enemies and situations and pretty much everything that happens in the film could conceivably happen in the real world. This may not be important for some but for me it makes the whole thing incredibly powerful. The scenes near the beginning of the film where Alfred sees Bruce's injuries show that Christopher Nolan was mindful about making Batman seem more mortal and it works brilliantly. Batman of course always was an 'ordinary' man but I don't think any of the other films portrayed this so effectively.

The tone of the film is incredibly dark. I remember leaving the cinema and thinking the film could have been 18 rated and I would have thought it reasonable.

Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker is one of the best movie villains ever. So much was made of his death and I was skeptical if the praise heaped on his Joker was out of sympathy but I can say categorically it was wholly deserved. Ledger's Joker is different form Jack Nicholson's and is so deeply psychologically disturbed the character is genuinely unsettling. The guy is absolutely unhinged in the worst possible way.

The set pieces of the film are amazing. The whole section where Batman goes to Hong Kong to 'extract' a villain who has fled is genius. It takes Batman global, again adding to whole feeling of realism.

The picture quality of the disc is top class. The bitrate of the VC-1 encode averages around the high 20's and on occasion reaches the high 40's. The soundtrack is Dolby Digital or a Dolby Tru HD lossless version. These will keep the audiophiles happy I'm sure.

There are some amazing plot twists, playing with the audience and keeping you guessing about key characters who die.

The creation of Harvey two face is also quite harrowing and the special effects are amongst the best I've seen. Everything in the film oozes quality.

Overall an utterly superb sequel - possibly the best sequel, easily rivaling Empire Strikes Back for its plot and character development. The only downside is that it's so good, how the heck can the next Batman film measure up to this??

Highly recommended.
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Stotzy

“The night is darkest just before the dawn.”

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2019

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Hugely entertaining and thought-provoking, 'The Dark Knight' is another triumph from Christopher Nolan! In it, we are introduced to the amoral Joker, an agent of chaos in Gotham's seedy underworld, brilliantly portrayed by Heath Ledger. This Joker is a man given to frequent philosophical musings; a man motivated to commit crime for more than mere financial gain; a man unknown and unknowable; a better class of criminal altogether. He constantly challenges Batman's liberal, humanist values, and his staunch refusal to kill. It could be argued that Batman's unwillingness, or inability to break his moral code is indirectly responsible for far more people dying. However, the Joker has greater success in turning the film's white knight – Harvey Dent - to his cause. Grief stricken and bitterly resentful following the death of the woman he loves and his own hideous disfigurement, Harvey proves to be far more susceptible to the Joker's own ideas of justice. And so, Gotham City's district attorney abandons his faith in due process and the rule of law for an orgy of violent retribution. In the tragic final act, Batman must come to terms with what Harvey Dent has become...

There are many great scenes in this film and some truly pulse pounding action; all driven by Hans Zimmer's percussion heavy score. The cast are all excellent; with Micheal Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman providing solid support once again. As far as I'm concerned, not only is 'The Dark Knight' the best Batman movie ever, it is the best super-hero movie of all time! Need I say more?..

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