The Dark Knight Rises - and how!

Rating: 9/10 (22 July 2012)

I had been waiting for a long time to see Christopher Nolan's next and more so for the final chapter in the Batman trilogy. Naturally expectations were sky high for TDKR and let me tell you this, not only has this movie lived upto my expectations, it has surpassed them as most of you will feel once you have seen this movie. The plot - it has been 8 years since Bruce Wayne has been the batman and he is so not up for it. Meanwhile Commissioner Gordon is struggling with guilt for letting batman taking the fall for Harvey Dent's murder. On the other hand a terrorist called Bane is hell bent on destroying Gotham city and complete what Ra's Al Ghul had set out to do in the first batman movie. It is upto Bruce Wayne now to become the Batman once again and stop Bane who has been trained by Ra's Al Ghul himself. The moment we have all been waiting for soon presents itself in the movie where batman faces off with Bane and ends up with a broken back. He is then thrown into the very prison from where Bane had supposedly escaped, a prison from where escape is seemingly impossible. There Bruce battles his inner demons and learns to embrace fear so he can escape from the prison and get back to Gotham city to stop Bane from exploding a nuclear bomb. In his efforts he is helped by Selina Kyle (Cat Woman) who is caught in the dilemma of whether to save her own skin or help Batman to save the city. And there is a plot twist that I shall not mention, lets just say that Nolan has paid due Homage to the comics. The cinematography, the grand score, the epic locales, the screenplay and the grand finale will take your breath away for sure. There are a couple of plot holes and errors in direction but those can easily be overlooked as the ends justify the means. This movie is an epic, the end to a saga. And it was well worth the wait. Please give it its due and watch it in a movie hall.