2008 · action · crime
The Dark Knight
Directed by Christopher Nolan2h 32m2008
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.
Our read: The Dark Knight (2008) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · crime entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
The Dark Knight counts for a challenge
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
- twisty
- epic-stakes
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