DARK KNIGHT RISES, THE

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Direction: Christopher Nolan

Leads: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy

This does not bring up the 'Christopher Nolan' experience like it did for Inception, Memento, The Prestige and even the prequel for this, The Dark Knight. There are no parallel plot-lines directed, no thrilling moments that make the hair on the hand go straight up (like Joker's character did), and neither is the twist in the end that dramatically sticking (like the revelation of Borden's magic trick).

The action sequences are great but do not bring up that heavy impact. The storyline for the first half of the movie does not play that smooth. Justice is not done for the Catwoman's character. The ending of the movie is too cheesy. The mind-games of Joker were a lot more intense than Bane's. It's not that Tom Hardy did not bring it on, he did give a good show. But the character did not live upto the Dark Knight series villain expectations. Also, no contact with any new Batman gadgets for a long time, except the Bat, reduces the unexpected moves from our superhero. The pace for the first half is low, but it was needed to induce the characters in the hearts before leaving them for good. Being the end of a saga, the speed is lowered for the feelings to stick and it worked.

The movie, overall, undoubtedly gives a good entertainment. The direction, though not upto the mark from the viewer's point of view, was great as far as paying attention to the details is concerned. The best part of the movie is how it keeps interlinking with the prequels, especially the first part of the series. Nolan has done a great job for that plot connections, and just for that the movie deserves these ratings. One can say the legend ended fairly, unlike most of the sequels that go straight down.

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