The Dark Knight Rises... But fails to show us anything new

Rating: 5/10 (21 July 2012)

The much anticipated conclusion to Christopher Nolen's Batman Trilogy. If you haven't seen the other two don't bother with this one, as it borrows heavily from its previous story lines.
Spoilers ahead,
With Batman having taken the fall for Harvey Dent's villainous rampage, Bruce Wayne has hung up the Bat Suit and become a shut in. Luckily for us a whole bunch of bad guys rock up to take over Gotham City. This forces Batman out of retirement as he re-connects with his old pals, some new pals, gets a new mode of transportation and pulls out a couple of new gadjets. But this time Batman is in for the fight of his life.
Super Mercenaries hold Gotham City hostage with a nuclear device that can be triggered at anytime. However batman storms the city and takes charge to reveal the true intentions of the mercenaries.
Nevertheless batman saves the day and lives happily ever after and surprisingly even gets a girlfriend.
Im not much of a Chris Nolen fan, i think his movies are well overrated. I liked Batman Begins, thought that the Dark Knight was OK, but the Dark Knight Rises is definitely the lamest one of the three.
The problem is that we saw everything Batman had to offer in the first film, the second film was validated by a very entertaining villain, the third film however was just mediocre all round.
Nolen fans may disagree, but i give it 5/10.