easily surpassed my expectations

Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2012)

After previously seeing the Avengers earlier in the year i found it hard to see a movie surpassing it in 2012, let alone it being another from the comic book genre but the Dark Knight Rises left me surprised and blew me away with its quality. i was a fan of the first two movies but this installment easily passes them in my opinion the action sequences where unbelievable and the twists throughout kept me enthralled.
All cast members put in solid performances but Tom Hardy as Bane, i felt must be particularly noted, he for me was brilliant and stood alone as the best villain throughout this franchise.
I strongly suggest everyone to go and experience it for themselves, i witnessed this with a number of friends that hadn't previously seen any of the movies and they where able to follow along quite easily it was only small parts of the plot that they were unable to follow. So i recommend seeing the two previous films but it will not stop you from enjoying this masterpiece of cinema.