The follow-up to the action hit “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight” reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne.
In the new film, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city 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.
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts, Nestor Carbonell, Anthony Michael Hall, Melinda McGraw, Michael Jai White, Cillian Murphy
Director: Christopher Nolan
Running Time: 152 mins
Rating: (M) unsuitable for small children
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Our family just loved this movie. It has some great action in it. There
is your Superhero and the villan. Heath played a fantastic role as the
villan. It is so sad to think that he will never be able to see it
himself. The part where the lawyer’s face got burned was a bit
funny…the way his eyeball pops out. I would have loved to see a bit
more of Batman though. He was the superhero after all.
If Ledger hadn’t died, critics and audiences alike would still be
buzzing about the star’s turn as The Joker. This was the best batman
movie ever.
This is a terrific movie, the action sequences are splendiferous, the acting impeccable. Ledger
is such an extraordinary villain that he tends to overshadow everyone
else in the film, including Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne, alias Batman,
the legendary hero who many of the citizens of Gotham believe to be
nothing more than a vigilante.