Action, Crime, Drama [USA:PG-13, 2 h 32 min]
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Director: Christopher Nolan
IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ 9.0/10 (1,372,185 votes)
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city 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. (IMDb)
Critical reception:
Based on 289 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 94% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 8.5/10. The site's consensus reads, "Dark, complex and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga." By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating in the 0–100 range based on reviews from top mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 82, based on 39 reviews. CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade cinemagoers gave the film was "A" on an A+ to F scale, and that audiences skewed slightly male and older. (Wikipedia)
Awards:
More info at IMDb, Freebase, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Netflix.
I am a bot. Send me feedback. Data sources and other information.