The Dark Knight

Director: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Eric Roberts

Distributed By: Warner Bros. Pictures

Release Date: July 2008

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This is amazing! Darker and more intense than Batman Begins this steps everything up!
Christian Bale is utterly cool in both roles as Bruce and Batman and continues to make these characters his own!
Maggie Gyllenhaal is good as Rachel but it's a shame that Katie Holmes didn't reprise the role for continuity.
Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine all give wonderful performances as they try to assist Batman as the City of Gotham falls into madness and I also like Eric Roberts as Maroni.
Aaron Eckhart makes Harvey Dent believable in his crusade to rid Gotham of the Mob and brings fierceness as he becomes a victim of chance.
Heath Ledger is absolutely incredible and makes his incarnation of the Joker the darkest on screen so far as he steals every scene and makes Batman's job incredibly difficult and his scenes with Christian Bale are so interesting to watch as both actors really give themselves to their respective roles. It's a great shame that this became one of his last performances.
The movie's visual effects are truly impressive and I especially like Batman's sonar-sight!
Hans Zimmer's beautiful soundtrack is also more menacing and wonderfully plays up to the Joker's visual performance.
It's hard to believe that this can be topped...
~~Nikki~~