Batman: The Dark Knight
Set within 12 months after the activities of Batman begins, Batman, Lieutenant Jim Gordon, and new district lawyer Harvey Dent efficiently start to round up the criminals that plague Gotham city until a mysterious and sadistic crook mastermind known handiest because the Joker seems in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. The Joker thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces Batman in the direction of crossing the excellent line between hero and vigilante.
21 March 1958, New Cross, London, England, UK
14 April 1968, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
24 June 1958, Compton, California, USA
May 31, 2017
Pretty deep stuff from a popcorn picture, and it's one reason why the movie theaters right now are such a rich vein of entertainment.
May 31, 2017
As summer movies go, The Dark Knight is head and shoulders above most.
November 24, 2011
The Dark Knight is a film that's fantastic on the action front, seeds its acrobatics in its own reality, and always feels relevant even when its ideas are drowned out by clatter.
March 08, 2017
The Dark Knight may mirror the ethical dilemmas & duplicities of the War on Terror, but it also offers a different, better way through them, with a seriousness that Bush & his clowns were never able to muster
October 18, 2008
The symbiosis of good and evil is the film's philosophical core, and images of duality and cloaked identity are strewn through it like shards from a fun house mirror.
April 10, 2013
An exceptionally smart, brooding picture with some terrific performances.
July 18, 2008
I'm betraying my childhood to concede this, but Nolan has finally topped Tim Burton's two twisted spectaculars.
July 06, 2010
Christopher Nolan is much, much smarter than your average filmmaker.
May 31, 2017
One of the most stylish extravaganzas in years.
October 21, 2014
The weight of expectation should have crushed this movie.
August 20, 2014
The Dark Knight is probably the smartest and most stylish action movie since the "The Matrix." It thinks and philosophizes. The subject it thinks and philosophizes about, perhaps not surprisingly, considering the times, is the Iraq war.
May 31, 2017
You will feel utterly numb after the screening of The Dark Knight. The film is bleak and brilliant.
