Disappointing, but not a bad film

Rating: 6/10 (11 October 2017)

The Dark Knight Rises once more stars Christian Bale as Batman, in the third movie of this trilogy, and Tom Hardy as Bane, Batman's main nemesis in this film. After turmoil and trouble struck both Bruce Wayne and Batman at the end of The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne has, like most superhero franchises, hung up the mask of the Dark Knight, now a cripple who resorts to using a cane and is bested by simple cat burglars. Being a new low for Batman, it is even worse that Wayne Enterprises is slowly becoming broke. A new low for Batman; a new low for Wayne. Even worse, a new nemesis, Bane, enters the fray, trained in a similar style to Wayne, Bane promises strength (without his signature venom to power him on; as may be familiar in the comics or cartoons) which can somehow allow him to punch through concrete, and a completely exaggerated motive for what he does. (P.S. At least watch Batman Begins if you want to understand Bane's motives). The acting is good, but foolish battle sequences, and an overpowered Batman arsenal takes away from the whole, Batman-works-in-the-night-with-cool-but-not-overpowered-gadgets thing. Unlike the previous movies', the film was much too long and this villain (which did not complement the comics), Bane, is not what most (who knew him) would be expecting.