A great movie.

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2013)

Batman Begins was a great introduction to Christian Bale as Batman and this sequel continued a fantastic display from him. Add in Heath Ledger's performance and it is one of the greats. The dark nature of the movie is a nice change and stops it from being 'just another sequel'. I found myself cheering for Heath's character and then thinking, hang on he's a bad guy! The action is almost non-stop and while unbelievable at times (for real life) it is very enjoyable and keeps you hooked. I thought the ending was very well done and left me begging for more. Going back to the characters, I really do like Bale as Batman. He has the right look as Bruce Wayne, the business type with a clean cut image and a little bit cheeky. As a very wealthy man in Gotham City, why can't he be arrogant and flamboyant. Michael Caine as Alfred is also great, although you wouldn't expect any less from someone such as Caine. Ledger is insane as The Joker and is right up there with Jack Nicholson's legendary performance many years ago.