The Dark Knight Rises. Rated M (violence). 164 minutes. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan.
Verdict: An overwhelmingly masterful experience of the
perfect fusion between creative vision and cinematic storytelling.
With the final instalment
to his Batman trilogy – Batman
Begins (2005) and The Dark
Knight (2008) – Nolan has
delivered not only one of his finest films, but one of the best films of the
year, if not the decade. From the extraordinary opening aerial sequences to the
final five best movie minutes in recent memory, Nolan and his team immerse us –
flawlessly – into an overwhelming experience of the perfect fusion between
creative vision and cinematic storytelling. It is, in short, brilliant,
masterful work.
With the Batman (Christian
Bale) in retirement and nursing his physical and psychological wounds, the evil
Bane (Tom Hardy, pictured) unleashes his dire plan for the domination of Gotham. When his
mother’s precious pearl necklace is stolen by cat-burglar Selina Kyle (Anne
Hathaway), Batman finds himself forced back into defending the now entirely
lawless Gotham from Bane’s destructive ambitions.
