Review: The Dark Knight Rises

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Rating:4/5

Christopher Nolan has proved to be a brilliant filmmaker yet again. Warner Bros had gauged this long back when they decided to reboot their once successful franchise.

With Batman Begins he set the base for a more realistic and recognizable story line and went on to make the sequel The Dark Knight which blew critics and audiences away. The Dark Knight Rises is the third and final installment to Nolan's visionary super hero saga.

It has now been eight years of peace in Gotham post the Joker's killing spree. All criminals are locked up under the Dent's Act. Lieutenant Gordon feels the guilt of covering up the truth about how events unfolded in the past, feeling the need to confess to the city that he has faithfully protected. The villain, Bane (Tom Hardy) has a plan to destroy Gotham just like Ducard (Liam Neeson).

Christian Bale has done a phenomenal job in portraying an aged billionaire who decides to wear the suit again and give the city its caped crusader. Fanatics feared that measuring up to the Joker's performance in The Dark Knight would be challenging for writer Johnathan Nolan. The character had set the standard so high that it was difficult to chose the next villain, but Tom Hardy as Bane has more than satisfied our expectations. He has a very powerful screen presence and physically overpowered Batman, testing him physically and Mentally which was thrilling to watch.

Selina Kyle (Anne Hathway) is the gorgeous savior of Batman. It was interesting that she was never referred to as Cat-woman throughout the movie. Also there are strong performances by Michael Caine as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox and Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon. The most intriguing part was that of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as police officer John Blake. If you've seen the film, you'll know why!

Personally I have been the greatest fan of Christopher Nolan, the process of how he develops a story and manifests the same on screen is amazing. Nolan elected not to film in 3-D, but instead stated that he intended to focus on improving image quality and scale using the IMAX format.

I would say that there was too much of story, narration and an absence of Batman in the film. As the story progresses to its conclusion, you will start to hold your seat tight and feel goosebumps, particularly in the last 5 minutes.

As the poster says “The Legend Ends” I don't think so. I guess Mr. Nolan is talking about his epic trilogy here.

So all Batman and Dark Knight fans if you haven't had a chance to watch this because of a houseful in theaters you are missing out on an epic. Try getting to the nearest theater to witness the end of what Christopher Nolan had started, which in my eyes has turned out to be best super hero trilogy ever!

Pankaj Sharma