Jokes on you

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2019)

If there is one thing The Dark Knight lacks that would surely not be the violence. In fact it is about as close you can get to a perfect movie with a good plot and great acting especially the spotless performance by Heath Ledger. Ledger plays the Joker who goes around Gotham terrorizing the city. He tapes himself torturing other people and sends it to networks for them to televise, he also blows up a hospital in one of the more gruesome scenes. The movie starts off with the Joker and his crew in clown masks robbing a bank where they proceed to kill each other off until the last one left is the Joker himself. This scene is pivotal because it showcases one of the major themes in the Dark Knight that you can't you can't trust anyone and everyone wears a mask. Christian Bale returns as Bruce Wayne or better know as Batman. Bale plays this role very well as he has to play a very nonchalante hero role as Batman and a rich businessman who owns Wayne enterprises and has to hide his identity of Batman. This movie doesn't include the "typical" good vs. evil aspect that most superhero movies will have, but that confusion was made intentional by the directors. Alfred (Michael Caine) and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) are both great examples of support for Bruce. Rachel is a female character who seems to be in between both Bruce and Harvey. Harvey Dent also known as two-face is a Gotham activist who in the beginning of the movie is in favor of Batman but later in the movie tries to kill him. In the scene the Joker kidnaps Harvey and Rachel and puts both of them in two buildings across town then he calls Gordon and tells him where both of them are. The police and Batman go to save both of them but only Harvey makes it out alive but half of his face gets lit on fire thus the nickname two-face. After this scene he tries getting revenge on Batman but he gets the better of him. Gordon the head police man is in between helping Batman and the police force. The final scene of the movie the Joker rigs up two ferry boats with bombs and puts the detonators on seperate boats then announces of the loud speakers that they need to make the choice of either the citizens dying or the criminals, in the end Batman unarms both bombs and both boats survive. In conclusion I'd give the movie a 9.7/10 as it is almost a perfect movie except for the acting from Harvey could have been better.