Best film ever...not quite!

Rating: 8/10 (19 January 2009)

Gotham is experiencing a huge crime wave as Batman has been in retirement for some time. Bruce Wayne is happy to leave the crime fighting to DA Harvey Dent, who seems to have the support of the people. The Joker is the mastermind behind the crime wave, his plan is to lure Batman out and to kill him and Dent, so that crime can pervade. As action crime films go, this is top notch stuff, this is an action packed shoot em up film in the style of Heat, so is it a great film? Well its beautifully filmed, some of the acting is excellent, its entertaining on many levels, it has great twists you might not expect from a comic book film, but I have to say the Batman character was underdeveloped as was Bruce Wayne, in fact I'm very disappointed in this aspect, as I like Bale and I love the work of Nolan, that said Ledger is superb as the Joker, its certainly his film.