Naci BOze

Rating: 9/10 (14 May 2015)

In a season filled with big movies that somehow ask even bigger questions, "The Dark Knight Rises" feels like the superego to its competition's id. An action opus that manages at to be both viscerally and intellectually engaging, Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated third Batman film comes full circle, examining both the Dark Knight and the society that produced him without sacrificing any of the sweeping thrills for which the series is known. A literate, thoughtful and invigorating finale, "The Dark Knight Rises" delivers everything audiences ask for and then some, albeit in fewer of the ways that they might expect.