GENRE: Action
RATING: PG-13 for violence and language
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 42 minutes
STARRING: Christian Bale (The Fighter, The Prestige)
Tom Hardy (Inception, Warrior), Anne Hathaway (Get Smart)
DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan (Inception, Memento, The Prestige)
WRITERS: Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan (Memento)
David S Goyer (Dark City, Blade, Batman Begins, Dark Knight)
PLOT: The Dark Knight resurfaces when Bane, a new terrorist leader takes over Gotham. But has Batman met his match?
FIVE OBSERVATIONS:
1 Wow! Now that’s how you end a trilogy. What a great ride! This film is full of action, emotion, character development, grit and class. Great job following the trilogy rule of tying in the first film. There are even some fun surprises as well. Nolan is adept at making everything work so well. Kudos.
2 I love that this trilogy kept Bruce Wayne/Batman human. Wayne gets injured. He isn’t invincible. I also like that Catwoman is not a result of cats licking her as in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns. Thank you Nolan brothers for humanizing these characters.
3 I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick, 50/50, Inception) has come a very long way from Third Rock from the Sun. He is sensational in this movie. He has this earnestness that keeps me mesmerized. He deserves a lot more recognition for his roles.
4 Way to keep your masks on! Spiderman can learn a lesson from this film. A round of applause to Tom Hardy who keeps his face-obscuring mask on for the entire flick with only a two second reveal in a pre-Bane flashback. Now that’s commitment.
5 I don’t want to spoil things for people seeing this film, but I feel that Nolan ends his trilogy perfectly. It is so satisfying! I dare say it’s brilliant.
RECOMMENDATION: Definitely a theatre movie
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Ruby Sparks, Bourne Legacy
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