To stop Bane, Batman first elicits the help of cat burglar Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), beat cop-turned-detective John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Wayne Enterprises board member Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard). But when a new evil comes to Gotham with plans to level the city - a terrorist mastermind and former member of the League of Shadows known only as Bane (Tom Hardy) - Wayne decides it's time for Batman to return. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is a recluse, his butler and friend Alfred (Michael Caine) is his only contact with the outside world, and his father's company is safely in the hands of trusted ally in arms, Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman). Eight years since Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman) agreed to allow the city to mourn a villain and forsake its hero. Eight years since Batman took the real fall and disappeared from the public eye. It's been eight years since Harvey Dent plummeted to his death. Could it escape the dreaded trilogy capper curse? Could it surpass The Dark Knight? Would it deliver a satisfying conclusion to Nolan's Batman saga? Then came this past summer and the release of The Dark Knight Rises. It still stands as one of the best comicbook movies of all time a near-perfect culmination of everything the genre has fought so long to achieve. In 2008, The Dark Knight arrived to thunderous applause, smashed records, earned more than a billion at the box office, and mounted an equally impressive run on home video. It remains a thrilling introduction to Nolan's brave new Gotham. In 2005, Batman Begins was a critical, creative and financial success. Seven years of appreciation, seven years of hindsight. few were willing to go on record with any certainty as to how Batman Begins would resonate or perform. Warner Brothers and DC Comics executives, Hollywood insiders, journalists, critics, audiences, even the filmmakers themselves. And yet seven short years ago Batman Begins was a risk, and not just in the eyes of short-sighted box office analysts. It's hard to imagine a time when a Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman film wasn't a sure thing. Reviewed by Kenneth Brown, November 20, 2012 "Oh boy, you are in for a show tonight, son!"
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