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The Dark Knight Rises Review

Christopher Nolan's Batman saga is at an end, after seven years the conclusion to this mind-blowing, game changing trilogy has come to its climax and everything is brought into the equation that makes this a whole of the Batman franchise.

Its been four years since The Dark Knight but the story takes place eight years later, where there is peace in Gotham. Everything is low form crime to Bruce Wayne's enthusiasm for...anything.  He has now become a recluse that has hardly ever been seen. The Batman name has been spoiled after the events of The Dark Knight.  Things seem quiet, but this is only the calm before the storm.

The villain is not the return of the Joker but Bane, the super strong behemoth that can physically best Batman.  Bane was a villain that I was surprised to see for the climax of Nolan's Batman film, he doesn't seem like the kind of subtle villain that would fit into this universe, but Nolan hadn't let me down yet so I waited in anticipation.  When I saw the pictures of him I didn't get more excited, but then I thought, "this is what you said about Heath Ledgers Joker", so I remained waiting in reserved anticipation. Tom Hardy as Bane is another of the great interpretation of a villain that I've seen.  The lesser more dumb interpretations of the character (i.e. Batman & Robin) just make Bane a big dumb, steroid filled brute who can hardly utter a word beyond some angry war cries.  Tom Hardy's Bane is well spoken and sophisticated.  He is a strategist that can not only match fists with Batman, but wits, the ultimate combination for a deadly villain.

Joining the cast of villains, or maybe not so, is Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.  I was excited to hear that Catwoman would be in the movie but I had mixed feelings about the casting of Anne Hathaway.  Now I love Anne Hathaway, but she is so recognizable, that I was worried that she wouldn't disappear the same way that others in the series did.  Luckily to my delight Hathaway pulls off a fantastic Catwoman, shes tough, seductive and struts with that classic sexy walk that's essential for any Catwoman. I had to wonder why they decided to use this costume design, when the Darwyn Cooke costume design would have been a perfectly practical direction to go with the design, but we have this one and its good.

Along with these, other characters are introduced such as Officer Blake played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt a young beat cop who still believes in what Batman stood for and stands against corruption and injustice.  Also Miranda Tate as Marion Cotillard a Wayne CEO that provides warmth and caring to a Bruce that has seen better days, as well as having a secret of her own.

The old characters still come full circle, Alfred refuses to stay and watch Bruce willingly destroy himself.  Gordon has to deal with the decision he's had to make over the course of his career, and confront the new evil that threatens Gotham.

The Dark Knight raised the stakes and made itself bigger, so naturally The Dark Knight Rises needs to top that (not easy).  Dark Knight gave us a situation of tremendous chaos, but Dark Knight Rises gives us a virtually apocalyptic scenario, criminals running the street, cops trapped underground and a nuclear bomb, that's ticking.

It wouldn't be a Christopher Nolan Batman movie, nay it wouldn't be a Christopher Nolan movie without a strong ever present theme that runs through the story.  This one is on the title "Rise".  The measure of a pahlawan can be interpreted in many ways, one thing that makes a pahlawan last, is his ability to take the punishment, take getting broken and get back up.  To be dealt impossible odds and a foe that seemingly can't be beat and rise above it.

The Dark Knight Rises does exactly what it says, it takes that Batman legend and it rises it to heights and turns it into an epic opera. Christopher Nolan has completed his trilogy of Batman, the standard has been set for the comic book movies.  It takes everything that is necessary from the vast mythology, the characters and combines them all together along with intelligent sophisticated storytelling that gives us a true final package to this seven year film series.

Rating: 4 stars out of 4
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