A Hero Rises

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2012)

It's been eight years since Bruce Wayne(Christian Bale) has retired being Batman, and Gotham City has been crime free. Bruce has not talked to many people since then. Until he comes across a cat burglar named Selena Kyle(Anne Hathaway), and Commisoner Gordan(Gary Oldman) wants to tell the events of what happened eight years ago, but chooses not to, in hopes of keeping the city safe. Until a massive mercenary named Bane(Tom Hardy) comes to wreck havoc on Gotham. Will Bruce don the bat suit again, and stop Bane before it's too late?
It's not quite as good has The Dark Knight(2008), and Tom Hardy as Bane, is good but not memorable as Heath Ledgers Joker, but that is a tough act to follow. Christopher Nolan direction is still has brilliant has ever. Christian Bale is always great, so where Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordan Levitt, Marion Cottilrad, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman, everybody shines and nobody stands out. Action scenes are pretty cool, although the movie slows down in spots, but still a good film.
Not to mention Anne Hathaways character can give Black Widow from The Avengers a run for her money.