Batman, Rise of the Dark Knight (2012),  starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne and Tom Hardy as Bane, is an exciting action packed movie.  Batman, as the vigilante of Gotham, has gone into retirement as the city continues on in peace in his abscence.  Unfortunately, it is short lived, as Bane and his band of mercenaries takes the Gotham city inhabitants as hostages.  Bruce Wayne has to make the hard choice of coming back as Batman, or leaving it all to Comissioner Gordon (Gary Oldham)  and his police crew, who have branded him as the villain.

This last installment of Jonathon and Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is a great way to say good-bye to the best Batman movie that DC is ever going to see.  I was a little worried with all of the characters they were putting into the movie, it would be oversaturated, but my trust in the Nolan brothers was rewarded as they intertwined the stories of Batwoman, Bane, Catwoman (Anne Hathaway), Comissioner Gordon, Alfred (Michael Caine), Fox (Morgan Freeman), and Talia (Marion Cotillard) into an action packed, believable, yet staying true to the comics 2 hour and 45 minute movie.  Hans Zimmer kept the mood going with keeping you on the edge of your seats in the action scenes, as well as making you hold back a tear in the dramatic scenes.  Even Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) made a believable, contributing character, even if his true comic book portion was all of  2 scenes.  I do realize that he changed his name at the end of the movie, but it still doe not exclude that fact.  All in all, I would give this movie a 4 star epic rating. 

As for who should see this movie.  I would recommend children 10 and over to see this movie.  Christopher Nolan keeps his blood count to a minumum, which is what I like about him.  I do not need to see needless bloodshed in my comic book movies, nor do the kids.  The movie is filled with action and darkness, at times, so if your children have issues with this, wait until they are older.  This trilogy is not based on the Batman comic books of the Scooby Doo era, it is of a darker time period.   So, just as a parental guide, keep the young  children at home.




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