The best of all the Batman movies by far, including the first. Twisted, dark, and utterly awesome this movie by Christopher Nolan is what we've been waiting to see from a Batman movie. I understand that super heroes are supposed to be squeaky clean and the villain horrible but Nolan portrays the characters in this movie with dark reality. The Joker (Heath Ledger) is a twisted, psychotic bastard, and comical but in a sadistic way, not at all like other portrayals of the character which were almost cartoonish. Ledger's performance here is phenomenal!
In addition, Batman/Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has a lot of issues himself. He has been bereft of his parents and he can't seem to get over the fact that his girlfriend left him. He takes to partying and carousing with women, and not acting like a super hero at all.
It is a gritty, dirty, film about criminals and how far a hero will go to bring them to "justice". Great supporting roles and sub plots here with the introduction of "Two Face" (Aaron Eckhart), the deranged DA Harvey Dent. Who has fallen in love with Bruce Wayne's love interest Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Overall the cast is great although I prefer Katie Holmes to Gyllenhaal but this doesn't slow down the movie at all. Great action, drama, and suspense this was one of my favorite movies of 2008. Just Queue It!
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