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About this movie

Genres:
Action & Adventure, Drama
Language:
English
Running time:
2:32:09
Partner rating:
PG-13
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Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Christian Bale Batman/Bruce Wayne
  2. Michael Caine Alfred
  3. Heath Ledger Joker
  4. Gary Oldman Gordon
  5. Aaron Eckhart Harvey Dent
  6. Maggie Gyllenhaal Rachel Dawes
  7. Morgan Freeman Lucius Fox
  8. Monique Curnen Ramirez
  9. Ron Dean Wuertz
  10. Cillian Murphy Scarecrow
  11. Chin Han Lau
  12. Nestor Carbonell Mayor
  13. Eric Roberts Maroni
  14. Ritchie Coster Chechen
  15. Anthony Michael Hall Engel
  16. Colin McFarlane Loeb
  17. Joshua Harto Reese
  18. Melinda McGraw Barbara Gordon
  19. Nathan Gamble James Gordon
  20. Michael Vieau Rossi

Directors

  1. Christopher Nolan

Producers

  1. Christopher Nolan
  2. Charles Roven
  3. Emma Thomas

Writers

  1. Johathan Nolan
  2. Christopher Nolan
  3. David S. Goyer

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Christopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis -- the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins), and Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger dons the ghoulishly gleeful Joker makeup previously worn by Jack Nichols... Christopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis -- the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins), and Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger dons the ghoulishly gleeful Joker makeup previously worn by Jack Nicholson and Cesar Romero. Just as it begins to appear as if Batman, Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) are making headway in their tireless battle against the criminal element, a maniacal, wisecracking fiend plunges the streets of Gotham City into complete chaos.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

94%Tomatometer score: 94% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Laremy Legel, Film.com Christopher Nolan is much, much smarter than your average filmmaker. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Sukhdev Sandhu, Daily Telegraph Shouldn't Nolan, marvellous as his directing here is, be creating original films rather than rebooting and retooling franchise fare? Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] Watching the first dizzying, vertiginous overhead shot of the glittering skyscrapers and minuscule streets, I literally forgot to breathe for a second or two, and found myself teetering forward on my seat... Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Matthew De Abaitua, Film4 The action is devastating, high-wire and realistic. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile A stupendous performance by the late Heath Ledger burns this incarnation of The Joker into our psyche as securely as did Jack Nicholson's. But even more than Nicholson, Ledger plays The Joker for real.. Full review External link
  6. Negative review
    Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal Christopher Nolan's latest exploration of the Batman mythology steeps its muddled plot in so much murk that the Joker's maniacal nihilism comes to seem like a recurrent grace note. Full review External link
  7. Positive review
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor The film is so relentlessly bleak that, paradoxically, its blackness is not given its full due. But this comic-book movie is more disturbing, and has more freakish power, than anything else I've seen all year. Full review External link
  8. Positive review
    Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post Watching The Dark Knight is like gazing into a mirror on a waning moon night: chilling and mesmerizing. Full review External link

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