A flawless ending to an impeccable trilogy. Gotham will never rise like this again.

Rating: 9/10 (27 September 2012)

Possibly the most anticipated trilogy ending to date. Christopher Nolan has taken this epic and defined the true darkness of the comic book legend that is Batman. Following the second outing and the lasting emotion surrounding the great Heath Ledger and his wonderful recital as the Joker, the choice of terrorist Bane and the introduction of the luscious Cat-woman would simply laminate Gotham City through the audience's eyes.
The legacy of Harvey Dent is ever existent, consistently tagging the guilt on the Bat himself but hesitantly attempting to reveal the truth of Gotham's advocate, turn homicidal, driven by lunacy, indicative of how fine intent and purpose can go catastrophically off beam. Bane revels in destruction, blaming Batman and Gotham for the death of its most lucrative prospect. He is visceral, commanding and built with sheer clout. Batman's disappearance for the past eight years has seen the city peril in uncertainty, leaving it wide open for assault. Bane continuously laments his captivating movement as the people's revolution. Hardy's character is the perfect director of destruction whilst the limping recluse of Bruce Wayne spends his time being cheated of his precious pearled jewels by the slick and sexy Anne Hathaway. Unquestionably, the only choice of actress to fulfil such a role in post-modernist filmmaking. The film shrewdly materialises itself around the two-faced nature of Dent's visage, providing true binary opposition by introducing many levels of pain and guilt followed by the wonderful perceptive attentiveness of whether Batman will come good and save the day. The intricacy of good and evil materialises beautifully throughout the script, paging our emotions of experiencing how true eradication can leave a cities devotees on their knees, counter-acted by the appearance of a dark shadow who eventually comes good and sheds some light on the whole manifestation.
Nolan's final Gotham classic can be branded as a mix of the previous two outings, generating understanding of Wayne's unhealthy past and demoralising fight to save his beloved city from the hands of Tom Hardy's apocalypse. We intrinsically revel in deepened drama with various metaphorical demonstrations of power and prestige. Gary Oldman continues to flourish as Commissioner Gordan, leading the belt and training the young John Blake (Joseph Gordan-Levitt) to suitably becoming a future lucrative hero. Nolan never fails to provide us with the ultimate conclusion. He has given us an ending that will intelligently leave theatre goers in astonishment.
Gotham's finest form a faction, performing under Batman's beliefs, just like a swarm of bats with one outcome, to leave a message of intent, hiding in the shadows of its contenders but ferociously surrounding its menace, leaving them doomed in anxiety or furthermore decomposed by blistering unity and a final piercing deadly assault.
Nolan's finale is superbly coherent with its previous outings, giving us a conclusion of speechless intent. Audiences may never incur filming of this maturity and scale for an incredibly lengthy period. A rise? Absolutely.