The final film in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy with Batman rising to stop the ruthless Bane from destroying Gotham City!

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2012)

Over the years there has been many batman movies, and it's always hard for me to say which one is the best because their all so different but this is a fantastic film! Possibly the best out of the Nolan films but even that is hard to say. This film is even better if you know the comic book because this film stays so true to the comic books. Like I said it's hard for me to say which batman film is the best but Nolan's films have the best story by far. The other movies were a simple batman vs the villain of the week kind of thing, which is fine but with Nolan there's so much going on in the plot, you'll have to watch it twice to get everything. First I must Praise Chris Nolan, John Nolan and David Goyer for a terrific story. Chris Nolan is a brilliant story teller, this movie has a lot of characters, a lot of plot twist and a lot of characters that are fully developed with a lot of depth but yet the film never fills overstuffed with two many characters or that the film is trying to do much. Everyone fits well into the story and everyone has room to breath. The real world setting works really well and Nolan turns comic book villains into domestic terrorist which makes them more scary to the audience. In some ways the film is not as dark as the last two but still very intense and scary and Bruce Wayne is as brooding as ever. The movie takes place right where the last movie left off but eight years has passed since Bruce Wayne quit being Batman and went into exile. The film talks a lot about Maggie his friend, who he was in love with and was killed and as well as the death of Harvey Dent but makes no mention of the Joker. I know that's because of Health's death but it seems a little out of place that no one mentioned the Joker in this film since he did so much in the last film. And I never understood why Batman took the blame for Harvey Dent's murders when he and Gordan could'eve just blamed it on the Joker. Any case Christain Bale was great again as Bruce/Batman, now becoming the first actor to play Batman in three movies. He looks great in the Bat suit and all of his vehicles are great here. I love the relationship between him and Alfred. Micheal Cane is a great Alfred. I love the idea of Alfred leaving Bruce Wayne and seeing Bruce lose all his money. I absolutely love Ann Hathaway as Catwoman. Finally we get to see Catwoman on the big screen again and Chris Nolan & company did a great job. They stay very, very true to the comic book version of Catwoman. They made her a high class thief like in the comics. They explain her origins to get a sense of why she's a thief. Ann and Nolan did a perfect job at making her walk the line between villain and anti-hero. They gave her real menace and made her a unforgiving thief and when she eventually teamed up with Batman it was a believable turn of character and she never really turned good or became a hero she just wasn't a killer like Bane. The relationship between her and Batman was well done, they never forced a romantic relationship in fact I can't really explain what kind of relationship they had but it worked great. Ann's suit looks great! I wasn't sure about the mask because it didn't cover her face about it works because she's not really trying to hide her identity. Ann was great in the fight scenes she kicked a lot of ass and took names. Finally Michelle Phieffer has some competition. I thought Tom Hardy was great as Bane. It was a great take on Bane. He looked imposing and menacing and I like the swagger and arrogance he brings to Bane. The idea of his face mask was a great idea it looks awesome and is a good equivalent to the venom Bane used in the comics. Having Bane be in the league of shadows works great in the story. The fights between Batman & Bane was beyond awesome, especially when Bane broke batman's back with his knee just like in the comics. I liked Bane's voice too, it made him sound smart not just a brute or a thug. I love Joseph Gordan-Levit as cop John Blake who acts as a "Robin" like character, even revealing his real first name as Robin. I love Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate and the brilliant plot twist that she's Talia, Ras Al Ghul's daughter! I almost had an orgasm it was so good, because in the comics Ras has a daughter who was devoted to him but had a romantic thing with Batman. This does that perfectly giving her and batman a romantic thing here but keeping her loyal to her father. The action scenes are great. The only bad thing is that this is Nolan's last,I would'eve liked to see how he would do the riddler or the penguin. I don't think they would continue this story but the door was left open a little bit. But great ending to a great series.