The word "EPIC CONCLUSION" on the trailers wasn't for nothing!

Rating: 9/10 (27 August 2013)

Christopher Nolan, the man who brought the dark vigilante franchise back to business with the tremendous box office and critical success that was "The Dark Knight" and its predecessor "Batman Begins," Nolan decides to complete his trilogy of Batman in great style. And all I have to say is: the word EPIC in the trailers and posters were not been for nothing! "Rises" begins, where all fans predicted (and what the synopsis told), eight years after the terrible events of "The Dark Knight". We found a Gotham in "peace" and without organized crime. The great struggle for peace that the vigilante Batman (Christian Bale) and Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) fought for finally had their results, but nothing is achieved without sacrifice. For Gordon is the tremendous embarrassment at having to hide a lie for the greater good, while Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale too, who knew?) lost his soul living in exile of the world just relying on his mentor and best friend Alfred (Michael Caine). But everything changes when the mysterious terrorist known as Bane (Tom Hardy) begins terrorizing Gotham forcing Bruce to have to regain their strength and wear the mask and cape once more and fight for justice, but Bane is not a villain to be underestimated.
Many complain of "Rises" by not having the same style as its predecessor, but neither should. Nolan in his trilogy has different rhythms and themes: in "Begins" had the story of a man wanting to do justice somehow becoming more than a hero; in "The Dark Knight" had a frenetic pace of a thriller full of twists. In "Rises", we can really say that it doesn't arrive at the feet of his predecessor, but Nolan presents us with a spectacle of emotion.
The film can be divided in three acts (yes, just like a play). At first we have an dramatic and sad environment, as if we were in the place of Bruce and his broken and suffered world by the consequences of the past, filling the audience with memorable moments of dialog between the characters we learned to love over the trilogy, and even new characters including the sexy Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and the young cop John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt.) In the second act we have a great climax full of suspense, where the power of Bane proves to be very powerful and also the strength of the lies of the past. And is also in this act that lays the major problem of the film, the beginning and the end of the second act are superb but one point to another it seems that there is a tremendous hurry suffering with an annoying lake of narrative just to jump to the 3rd act of the film where all the dramatic climax and suspense mingle with the final epic and the word "rise" attacking strong in our hearts.
But leaving the narrative aside because with Nolan it had always been superb (except for the expediting 2nd act), but in technical levels the film is "PERFECT". Nolan gives a use of IMAX as a true master, giving the film a visual gigantic and epic, since scenes of terrorist attacks and huge car chases to moments of dramatic dialogs between the characters. The visuals effects once again stunning and the soundtrack by Hans Zimmer EXCELLENT as always.
"The Dark Knight Rises" doesn't arrive at the feet of his predecessor, but gives us a real emotional and epic spectacle that no other superhero movie has ever showed. Thanks to a stunning direction and flawless script, with superb performances from Christian Bale as both Wayne and Batman (best performance of this trilogy); Anne Hathaway sexy and intelligent a real Catwoman; one unrecognizable Tom Hardy as the gross and evil genius Bane , and we still have Michael Caine and Gary Oldman stunning as always and also Joseph Gordon Levit which proved to be an important piece in the whole saga. All this makes "Rises' a truly epic end to one of the best trilogies ever made, making it unforgettable and legendary.
9/10