“Taking
responsibility for the murder
of a so-called hero, The Batman has
vanished and the philanthropic head
of Wayne Enterprises has become
a recluse; but pressure is on the Caped
Crusader to save Gotham City from
a ruthless masked terrorist bringing
death and destruction in The Dark
Knight Rises...”
HOLY SHENANIGANS! IS BATMAN BONKERS? Has Gotham City's top crime-buster really
gone into hibernation after taking the blame for the murder of District Attorney
Harvey Dent?
And why has wealthy industrialist Bruce Wayne (Oscar-winner Christian Bale playing
the dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman: The Fighter) abandoned his alter-ego
Batman to spend his time languishing in a self-imposed seclusion, only seeing
his faithful manservant Alfred (Michael Caine: The Cider House Rules)?
“Kapow!
Wham! Holy
Treachery!
The Dark Knight Rises
is a masterpiece of
intrigue and fast-paced
action — a fantastic
story with spectacular
stunts...”
The
crime-free period attributed to the anti-crime Dent Act in Gotham City is about
to come to an abrupt and deadly end.
Skulduggery is afoot and when a seemingly-unrelated incident of the CIA working
to free nuclear physicist Dr Leonid Pavel (Alom Moni About Boul) goes terrifyingly
wrong and Pavel finds himself in the hands of cold-blooded terrorist Bane (Tom
Hardy), the mercenary's evil plans could have a devastating effect on both Gotham
city and Wayne Enterprises.
Eight years after taking responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent and vanishing
into the night as a fugitive rather than a superhero, the Dark Knight has sacrificed
everything for what he and Commissioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman) hoped would
be for the greater good. It worked for a while as criminal activity in Gotham
City was halted by the anti-crime Dent Act.
The now very reclusive Bruce Wayne, still grieving over the loss of Rachel,
the woman he loved, abandoned Wayne Enterprises when he realised that a special
fusion project backed by Miranda Tate (Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard: La
Vie En Rose) and intended to be the world's best chance of a sustainable
future could also be used as a powerful bomb.
Cleverly tricking her way into Bruce Wayne's sanctuary in the East Wing of Wayne
Manor, beautiful and cunning jewel thief Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) intrigues
him; but will their meeting be Cathartic or Catastrophic for him and how are
the scheming Stryver (Burn Gorman), John Daggett (Ben Medelsohn) —
who has already approached Miranda offering to get her money back —
and the mercenary Bane, who was behind a coup in West Africa that secured a
mining operation for John Daggett, linked to her?
Bruce is dismayed to be told by young police officer Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
— who still believes in The Batman — that as a result
of abandoning Wayne Enterprises he has also affected the ability of The Wayne
Foundation to fund Gotham's orphanages.
The dangerous and totally ruthless Bane takes over Gotham, working from a network
of tunnels below the city and claiming to liberate the citizens of the metropolis,
while planning an unspeakable future for the city.
Batman is the only one who can fight the evil, but is the Caped Crusader willing
to face the masked terrorist and will he, even with the help of the Batman Armoury
and the loyal Lucius Fox (Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman: Million Dollar Baby),
be able to outwit Bane?
Batman will be tested to the limits of his endurance in a dark hell where only
his belief in himself will save him. And only then can it be possible that the
Dark Knight Rises. Kapow! Wham! Holy treachery! The Dark Knight Rises
is a masterpiece of intrigue and fast-paced action — a fantastic
story with spectacular stunts that explodes in a collision of reality and legend
with Christian Bale, bringing the Caped Crusader to life, leading a star-studded
international cast.
Filmed on location in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, New York, London, Scotland and
India, The Dark Knight Rises also features: Daniel Sunjata as Captain
Jones; Chris Ellis as Father Reilly; Tom Conti as Prisoner; Liam Neeson as Ra's
Al Ghul; Tyler Dean Flores as Mark; Josh Pence as Young Ra's Al Ghul; Matthew
Modine as Foley; Juno Temple as Jen; and Nestor Carbonell as The Mayor.
Music is by Hans Zimmer; Director of Photography is Wally Pfister, ASC; Created
by Bob Kane, Batman is Based on Characters appearing in comic books published
by DC Comics; Produced by Emma Thomas and Charles Roven; Story by Christopher
Nolan and David S Goyer; Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan;
Directed by Christopher Nolan.
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Gotham
City's criminals should quake in their boots when The Dark Knight Rises,
released on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download on 3 December 2012.
"Kapow! Wham! Holy treachery! The Dark Knight Rises is a masterpiece
of intrigue and fast-paced action" — Maggie Woods, MotorBar
*****Metro; Daily Telegraph; Daily Mirror; The Sun; The Daily Express
“Taking
responsibility for the murder