The Dark Knight rises after 8 years, and we get a preview of Robin.

Rating: Null/10 (15 December 2012)

I always watch a movie like this with mixed emotions. It is made very well, with a good story, but it contains quite a bit of violence, with characters like Bane who just want to destroy a city. We know just a few months ago a young man entered a theater in Colorado at an opening night showing of this movie, and opened fire killing several theater-goers. We have no hard evidence that violence in games and movies influence nut-jobs to kill like this, but it has to make you wonder.
So it was with that in mind that I watched this movie. (My wife chose not to watch it.) And I was somewhat surprised that it was better than I thought it would be. Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne and Batman has been in seclusion for about 8 years, still injured and using a cane to help with his walking. Gotham City seems calm and safe.
However Tom Hardy as Bane, with an unusual mask that is always across his head and face, muffling his speech, ostensibly mitigating the pain from a former procedure, vowing to restore order for the poor and downtrodden, to put the wealthy and powerful in their place. With the help of a cat-like woman gets what he needs to steal a device from Wayne Enterprises, a new device that can be re-configured to turn into a fusion bomb, with the ability to destroy Gotham.
Rusty, Batman is no match for Bane, who is of the League of Shadows, and Batman ends up in a terrible prison from which there is almost no hope for escape. But escape he must, for he and his contraptions are the only hope to defeat Bane.
Anne Hathaway is Selina, the cat-like thief and expert fighter. She has been in and out of trouble and prison since she was 16, but now Batman must trust her to help the cause.
I abhor the violence and terrorism, but overall a pretty good movie.
MAJOR SPOILERS: Bruce Wayne does manage to get out of the prison and back to his former fighting skills. With the help of a flying contraption manages to snag the bomb and fly it out to sea where it exploded harmlessly. Before that Selina with the Bat motorcycle managed to blast Bane to smithereens. Presumed dead also a funeral was held for Bruce Wayne, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt as officer Robin Blake is given a note with GPS coordinates which leads him to the Bat Cave, entering he finds Wayne. This sets up a sequel where Robin becomes Batman's partner.