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Synopsis:
Christ
ianBalest
ar sasbo ththeclass
iccapedcrus
aderandhi sbi
ll
ionair
ealt
er-
ego,
Bruce
Way ne,Inthi
sthirdins
tal
lme ntofCristo
phe rNol
an'sBat
manf il
ms,BruceWay nenolo
ngerfe
els
thattheCityofGothamneedsahe r oandg o
e sonaseduce
dhi at
us,However
,whe nanew
vil
li
ans,Bane(To mhardy)
,thr e
atensGo t
hamc i
ty,
Way nedonshiscapeandmas koncemore
.

Re
vie
w:

Chri
s t
opherNol
anbring
syetano
theradr
enali
ne-
fil
led,
comic
-ins
pir
edmo viet
othebi
gsc
reen.
We
seeallsort
soff
amil
iarfac
esint
histi
mearound,
buttheaudienc
eisint
roduce
dtoafewsew
characte
raswell
.

Whencrisi
sthreat
ensGot
hamc it
y,Bruc
eWay nej
umpsbackint
otheBat
mo bi
letof
ightcri
me .
Bat
mani sjoi
nedonhisquestbyaneagero
rphanedcop(
Jose
phGo r
don-
Levit
t)
,aseduct
ivecat
bur
glar
(AnneHat haway)
,andaviole
ntmaske
dvill
ain(
TomHar dy).

Thisf i
lms er
ve dasg re
atentert
ainmentwithit
scol
orfulcastandnume ro
usplottwi
st.
Nolanused
act
or sthathade itherappearedinpreviousBatmanfil
mso finthisbl
ockbust
erhitI
ncepti
on,
andall
oft
he ms honeint he i
rrespec
tiverol
es:TomHar dywasal mostunrecog
nizabl
einhisBanecost
ume,
whileJosephGo rdo n-
Levit
tandMar ionCoblardwerebothexcell
ent-
ando bvi
ous
lycomfor
tabl
eeith
Nolan'sdirec
tings tyl
eadt hef i
l'
sdramaticto
nes.

Thisoneact
o rthatgavethi
sr e
viewerpausewasAnneHat hawayasSeli
naKy l
e,Shehas
his
tori
cal
lybeent y
pecastasthegirlnex
tdoor,
soitwasashocktowatchherste
alandf i
ghthe
rway
thro
ughtheCityofGotham,Afteraf ewsce
nes,
Ho we
ver,
wewe reconvi
ncethatthecadt
ingdec
isi
on
wasag oo
do ne,asHathawaypo rt
rayedthedarke
rCatwomantolebri
ll
iant
ly.

Tr ueNo lan'sst
y l
e,at164mi nut
es,
t hisfil
minfai
rly.
l
ong.t
herewereaf ewti
meswhenthemo viefe
lta
bitdr awno ut,
buttheg orge
o usact
io nscenesandimpress
ivedial
oguereal
lyhe
ldtheaudience'
s
attentio
nandk eptthemo ntheedgeo fthei
rseat
s,However,t
heti
me l
inewasabitunc
learattimes.
Foranumbe rofs c
e ne
s,i
twashar dt otellwhet
herithadbeendaysormo nt
hsoryearstbathad
pass e
ds incethelastti
meag ive
nc har acte
rhadbe e
no nscre
en,

De
spit
ethef
il
mmi norsho
rtco
ming
s,TheDar
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ghtRi
sesi
sex
cit
ing
,cr
eat
ive
,anddar
k-andwe
ll
wo
rthafewhour
so fyo
urtime.