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The Dark Knight - Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Christopher Nolan
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Welcome to a world without rules.
In The Dark Knight, Batman (Christian Bale) raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organisations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker (Heath Ledger).
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- Film action superhero Batman comic Gotham City crime fighter Joker Bruce Wayne Bat cave
Persons of interest
- Christian Bale .... Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Michael Caine .... Alfred Pennyworth
- Heath Ledger .... The Joker
- Maggie Gyllenhaal .... Rachel Dawes
- Gary Oldman .... Lieutenant James Gordon
- Morgan Freeman .... Lucius Fox
- Eric Roberts .... Salvatore Maroni
- Aaron Eckhart .... Harvey Dent
- Cillian Murphy .... Dr Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow
- Anthony Michael Hall .... Mike Engel
- Monique Curnen .... Detective Ramirez
- Nestor Carbonell .... Mayor
- Joshua Harto .... Reese
- Michael Jai White .... Gamble
- Colin McFarlane .... Commissioner Gillian B Loeb
- Melinda McGraw .... Barbara Gordon
- Nathan Gamble .... James Gordon Jr
- Chin Han .... Lau
- Beatrice Rosen .... Natascha
- Winston Ellis .... Gator
- Christopher Nolan .... Storywriter
- David S Goyer .... Storywriter
- Christopher Nolan .... Director
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Theatrical report
Wow, The Dark Knight takes a left turn from its generic superhero predecessor Batman begins and heads down the road less travelled. This film is not about a man in Lycra saving the day, it's about a man in pain finding the only way out. There's plenty of action and some great stunts but the best part of this movie is that the solution is not what you expect. Sometimes doing the wrong thing is the only way to do the right thing. (I don't believe that because it's oxymoronic but given the hole the characters have dug for themselves there's not a lot else they can do.)
Christian Bale continues his multi-layered performance but the show-stealer is Heath Ledger. If I hadn't known that it was him playing The Joker I'd have wondered who it was. Even without the make-up he'd be a whole different person.
And guess what? The girl dies. When was the last time that the hero didn't save the girl? That's so cool.
I saw The Dark Knight on the giant screen at Imax and it was pretty awesome but, as I suffer from motion sickness, I had to look away a few times. The truck stunt goes off.
The action, superhero movie The Dark Knight is directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger.
Government security censorship classification
M (Frequent action violence)
Surveillance time
152 minutes (2:32 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 16 July 2008
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