Good...but not great

Rating: 6/10 (18 August 2012)

DKR is a solid end to what is a brilliant trilogy. Saying that though, I do feel that this film is the weakest out of the 3. Maybe Dark Knight set the bar too high for DKR.
Dark Knight rises didn't have the pace set by its predecessor neither did it have the 'epic' build up to the climax as the others had. However, in it's favour you see more rounded characters, you explore characters like Alfred and Gordon more which gives this film more heart than the other.
Also Tom Hardy gave a good performance (seeing as half his face is covered) as Bane, Anne Hathaway was an inspired choice as Catwoman, and the previous cast kept up with the standard they set in previous films.
Overall, it is a solid end to series, but it does fall 'flat' in places and doesn't carry the same menace that Dark Knight had. Like I said, good, but not great.