2012 · action · crime · drama
The Dark Knight Rises
Directed by Christopher Nolan2h 45m2012
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Our read: The Dark Knight Rises (2012) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded action · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- epic-stakes
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