More than Oscar-worthy for Heath

Rating: 9/10 (20 July 2008)

Okay....... I found that the actual story base and flow of this movie was not as good as the first. Maggie Gyllenhall, although more convincing than Katie Holmes, did not quite pull it off and you did not really feel it when she dies (although you do feel the pain of Harvey Dent after the fact.) Any other flaws of this movie,however, are covered up by the astounding performance of Heath Leger. I have never seen a character, especially one as insane, so convincingly portrayed. He makes every other character, even Christian Bale, seem like a side-show. Also, I thought the ending was absolutely perfect, and more than redeemed the slightly unnecessary length of the movie. In short, I think this movie would have been pretty interesting but tedious without Heath Ledger, but with him it was an engaging look into the dark areas of humanity.