The Dark Knight Rises

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Our Review Published July 23, 2012

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The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated conclusion to his Batman trilogy, opened last Friday under the pall of a senseless tragedy that occurred at a screening in Colorado. Nationwide, people mourn for those lost, and pray for those injured. But the majority refuse to let the acts of one man taint a movie they’ve waited four years to see, and audiences rushed to theaters and IMAX to see if Nolan’s latest effort could measure up to 2008’s record-breaking, Academy Award winning The Dark Knight. Listen to Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob’s final review in their Batman retrospective series to find out if it did.

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The Dark Knight Rises

2012 PG-13 2h 45m

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Release Date

July 17, 2012

Director

Christopher Nolan

Writer

Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane

Stars

Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Matthew Modine, Alon Aboutboul, Ben Mendelsohn, Burn Gorman, Daniel Sunjata, Aidan Gillen, Sam Kennard, Aljaž Tepina, Nestor Carbonell, Brett Cullen, Nick Julian, Miranda Nolan, Claire Julien, Reggie Lee, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Chris Ellis, Tyler Dean Flores, Juno Temple, Duane Henry, James Harvey Ward, Gonzalo Menendez, Cameron Jack, Lex Daniel, Thomas Lennon, Trevor White, Rob Brown, Fredric Lehne, Courtney Munch, Chris Hill, Travis Guba, Jay Benedict, Will Estes, David Dayan Fisher, P.J. Griffith, Glen Powell, Ben Cornish, Russ Fega, Andres Perez-Molina, Brent Briscoe, John Nolan, Oliver Cotton, Mark Killeen, Sarah Goldberg, John Macmillan, Robert Wisdom, Ronnie Gene Blevins, John Hollingworth, Ian Bohen, Uri Gavriel, Noel Gugliemi, Max Schuler, Daina Griffith, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Patrick Cox, Aramis Knight, Josh Stewart, William Devane, Harry Coles, Joey King, Liam Neeson, Julie Mun, Cillian Murphy, David Gyasi, Patrick Jordan, Tom Conti, Joshua Elijah Reese, Desmond Harrington, Mychael Bates, Rory Nolan, Tomas Arana, Peter Holden, David Monahan, Jillian Armenante, Aja Evans, Aldous Davidson, Michael James Faradie, Wade Williams, Antwan Lewis, Jake Canuso, Josh Pence, India Wadsworth, Kevin Kiely Jnr, Daniel Newman, Massi Furlan, Warren Brown, Luke Rutherford, Phillip Browne, Christopher Judge, Aldo Bigante, Charles Jackson Coyne, Patrick Leahy, Todd Gearhart, Gus Lewis, Isiah Adams, Charlie Alejandro, Robert Arensen, Grant Babbitt, Rick Bolander, Kyle Patrick Brennan, Scott Churchson, Bill Cowher, Graham Curry, Stephanie Domini, John Farrer, Frank Fata, Christopher Bryan Gomez, Vito Grassi, Michael Wren Gucciardo, Ed Heavey, John W. Iwanonkiw, Cindy Jackson, Daniel Jordano, Tiffany Kemp, Sun Jae Kim, Hrvoje Klecz, Alex Kruz, Tyler La Marr, LeJon Stewart, Joe Lipari, Silvia Lombardo, Jorge Mardel, Cale McConnell, David Dale McCue, Michael Papajohn, Salomon Passariello, Allen Merritt, Olan Montgomery, Alex Moore, Shane Nolan, Kyle David Pierce, Troy Polamalu, Michael Power, Sebastian James, Kirsten Roeters, Ben Roethlisberger, Mark Roman, Eric Salazar, Emily Schooley, Thomas Tull, Chris Vaina, Barbara Vincent, Jason Yee, John Zion, Alex Ziwak, Tommy Bayiokos, Jeff Moffitt, Diogo Hausen, Gary Sievers, Orion McCabe, London May, James Quinn, Joe Fishel, Ming Wang, Simon Rhee, Hines Ward, Heath Miller, Collin Taylor, Jackson Nunn, Leonard Zimmerman, Antonio Piluso, Shawn P. Farrell

Producer

Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven

Cinematography

Wally Pfister

Music

Hans Zimmer

Genre

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America

Language

English

Budget

$250,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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