The Dark Knight Rises

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The Dark Knight Rises

PG-13

2012

2h 45m

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

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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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J. Hoberman

ARTINFO.com

02/25/2019

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

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/08/2017

B+

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.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/21/2016

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.

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

10/05/2024

A strong, exceptional film that deserves to be looked at with similar awe and reverence as the other two entries in the Dark Knight trilogy.

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Tania Hussain

The Hudsucker

07/28/2024

[Nolan's] films are a pure and genuine model for what story and setting should be as well as, creating a human touch to the whole aspect of these legends we’ve read in comic books.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

04/07/2024

5/5

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

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Will

Oct 20

Tremendous film on the rewatch

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Fandango Customer C

12/31/2024

A good sendoff to the Nolan trilogy.

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PayPal U

09/24/2024

Im a Batman freak. Unfair of me to rate anything to do with it. I am just a bit biased.

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Tony

05/02/2024

This movie is a masterpiece, it shows how a broken man can rise up and still do whats right.

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Virginia B

04/12/2024

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.

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Jonny W.

10/01/2023

AMAZING and underrated film!!!!

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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
Producer: Emma Thomas, Charles Roven
Screenwriter: Jonathan 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
Runtime: 2h 45m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat