The Dark Knight Rises Review

The Dark Knight Rises


Release Date: 19th July 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
DC Comics
DC Entertainment
Legendary Pictures
Syncopy

Distribution
Roadshow Distribution


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 165 minutes


Budget: $230,000,000

Box Office Gross: $1,084,939,099
(Worldwide - figure subject to change)


Plot Summary
Batman is called upon
again when an evil terrorist
named Bane arrives in
Gotham City, intent on
destroying it.


Cast
Christian Bale - Bruce
Wayne/Batman

Tom Hardy - Bane
Anne Hathaway - Selina 

Kyle/Catwoman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - John 

Blake
Michael Caine - Alfred 

Pennyworth
Gary Oldman - Commissioner James Gordon

Morgan Freeman - Lucius Fox
Marion Cotillard - Miranda Tate
Cillian Murphy - Dr. Jonathan 

Crane (Cameo)
Liam Neeson - Ra's Al Ghul (Cameo)
Josh Pence - Young Ra's Al Ghul
Nestor Carbonell - Mayor
Anthony Garcia
Juno Temple - Jen
Ben Mendelsohn - John Daggett
Matthew Modine - Peter Foley
Burn Gorman - Philip Stryver
Alon Aboutbul - Leonid Pavel
Daniel Sunjata - Capt. Mark Jones
Chris Ellis - Father Reilly
Tyler Dean Flores - Mark
Brett Cullen - Byron Gilley
Rob Brown - Allen
Josh Stewart - Barsad
Will Estes - Officer Simon Jansen
Uri Gavriel - Blind Prisoner
John Nolan - Fredericks
Joey King - Older Prison Child
India Wadsworth - Warlord's Daughter
Thomas Lennon - Doctor
Patrick Leahy - Board Member #2
Christopher Judge - Mercenary Security #4

Crew
Story/Screenplay/Producer/
Director - Christopher Nolan
Based on Batman Characters - Bob Kane &
Bill Finger (Uncredited)
Character: Alfred Pennyworth - Jerry Robinson 

(Uncredited)
Story - David S. Goyer
Screenplay - Jonathan Nolan
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Kevin De La Noy
Executive Producers - Benjamin Melniker, 

Michael Uslan & Thomas Tull 

Producers - Charles Roven & Emma Thomas
Co-Producer - Jordan Goldberg
Consultant: IMAX - David Keighley 
Casting Directors - John Papsidea &
Toby Whale
Production Designers - Nathan Crowley & 

Kevin Kavanaugh

Supervising Art Directors - James Hambidge & 

Naaman Marshall
Costume Designer - Lindy Hemming
Director of Photography - Wally Pfister
Stunt Coordinators - Paul Jennings,
Sy Hollands & Tom Struthers 
Special Effects Supervisors - Chris Corbould & 

Andrew Smith
Special Effects Coordinators - Scott R. Fisher & 

Jeff Brink
Visual Effects Supervisor - Paul J. Franklin

Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative - Pete Bebb

Additional Visual Effects Supervisor - Rob Hodgson

Visual Effects Producer - Mike Chambers
Film Editor - Lee Smith
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor -
Richard King
Music - Hans Zimmer
Composers: Additional Music - Lorne Balfe &
Junkie XL


Review
While it still carries some loyalty to the Batman comic series and ingenious writing, 'THE DARK KNIGHT RISES' was sophisticated but a little bit shocking and it definitely runs as second best to the last movie 'The Dark Knight' Where do I start with this unbelievable superhero picture, the portrayal of the villain Bane is better than the one in 'Batman & Robin' because he is more menacing and intelligent. Tom Hardy is appropriate for playing the masked brute that we know from the Batman comic issues and cartoons. I praise Anne Hathaway's performance as Catwoman and she does it differently than Michelle Pfeiffer's dark and villainous interpretation and the continued acting by Christian Bale of which is fairly similar to his previous acting in the last two Batman movies.

All I can say is step aside Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan is in the house and I don't know whether to say that 'THE DARK KNIGHT RISES' is either the third or final film instalment to this masterpiece trilogy. It must be a conclusion to the shadowy masked hero character.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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