The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the third and final installment in Nolan's Batman film trilogy, and it is the sequel to The Dark Knight (2008). Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, and Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane. The film introduces two main characters to Nolan's series: Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), a cat burglar whose appearance in Gotham City sets in motion a chain of events that leads Batman to come out of retirement; and Bane (Tom Hardy), a mercenary whose objective is to destroy Gotham with a thermonuclear weapon.
Eight years after the death of Harvey Dent, the Gotham City Police Department has nearly eradicated organized crime with powers granted by the Dent Act, legislation inspired by Dent. Batman has disappeared, with Bruce Wayne becoming a recluse. Feeling guilty over his role in the cover-up of Dent's crimes, Police Commissioner James Gordon writes a resignation speech confessing the truth, but decides that the city is not ready to hear it. While pursuing criminals in the sewers, Gordon is captured and his speech is taken by a terrorist named Bane. Gordon escapes and is found by patrol officer John Blake. While recuperating, Gordon promotes Blake to detective, with Blake reporting directly to him.
(from trailer)
Bane: When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die.
John Blake: Bane? What do you know about him?
Selina Kyle: That you should be as afraid of him as I am.
Bane: (Listening to the national anthem before the Gotham Knights football game) What a lovely, lovely voice.
(Song ends and football game begins)
Bane: Let the games begin!
(hits detonator and bombs go off across Gotham and the football field crumbles)
| Release Date | 19 July 2012 |
| Tagline | The Legend Ends |
| Genre | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | USAUK |
| Filming Locations | Bucharest, RomaniaCairngorms National Park, Scotland, UKEl Camino College, Torrance, California, USASenate House, University College London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, UKDelta Point, Croydon, London, UK |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital, Datasat |
| Color | Color |