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The Dark Knight

2008 2h 32m
Action Thriller
MOVIEVIBE Rating
8.5/10
36,657 reviews
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The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the 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.

"Some men just want to watch the world burn."

Top Billed Cast

Christian Bale
Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne
Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
Joker
Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart
Harvey Dent
Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Alfred
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Rachel
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman
Gordon
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Lucius Fox
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Ramirez

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

T tricksy Verified TMDB Critic
2015-06-09

Excellent movie. Best of the trilogy. Lovely music. Nolan is a genius. So is Heath Ledger....

T talisencrw Verified TMDB Critic
2016-05-25

This has no competition. It is the very finest comic-book character movie ever made. Knowing the Burton, Donner and Nolan filmic adaptations of Batman and Superman exist helps me to sleep at night. They are Exhibit A of 'How to Make a Comic-Book Movie'. Nothing else has ever come even remotely close. These seven films (I include 'Superman II' because it was mostly Donner's work)--and Nolan's trilogy especially--are what I imagine a great director like Kubrick, Hitchcock or Kurosawa would have come up with, if they had ever been asked to make a Superman or Batman movie. They are the easiest for...

E erickprieto Verified TMDB Critic
2018-11-06

Perhaps the best Batman movie of all times. I think that this Batman trilogy presents the well-known superhero history in an unexpected way with the capable to maintain on the edge of the chair all time.
**Heath Ledger** present an excellent impersonification of a psychopath.
All support roles are magnificent.
And Bruce Wayne role played by Christian Bale, shows a human being behind of the mask....

M moubledian Verified TMDB Critic
2019-03-23

I used to leave a theatre after seeing a highly anticipated movie, specifically a sequel, and be so revved up about what I saw that I would declare that movie to be the best of a series. After each of the prequel "Star Wars" films, I rated that one the best, as good as any of the originals...for a time, until my opinion balanced out and I had a more well-rounded take. For that reason, I steer away from that mindset, and did for "Dark Knight".

Though my opinion is solidifying already after having seen a Warner Bros. screening last night, "Dark Knight" ably stands on its own with or without "...

T tmdb22590444 Verified TMDB Critic
2019-05-03

One of the best movies of all time. Christopher Nolan has brought us the Batman trilogy that it made it feel it could happen today. Christian Bale returns as Batman, was able to perform as wonderfully as he did in Batman Begins. The one person that ultimately stole the show had to be the late Heath Ledger who played as the Joker. His performance as a psychotic clown terrorizing Gotham City was one of the best performance as a superhero villain. One of the best parts of the Joker was when he was telling his victims on how “he got his scars?”. Another great part was when he kidnapped a polic...