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The Dark Knight Reviews

2008

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Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly. Read more

Starring	Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart
Director	Christopher Nolan
Genres	Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller

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- The Dark Knight rockets the Batman legacy to heights never imagined, fueled by Heath Ledger's amazing, Oscar-winning re-invention of The Joker. read more »
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  Long awaited
  
  Trailer looks awesome.
  
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  - Muggins
  - 5 reviews
  - Shoeburyness
  - 31 May 2008 at 23:57
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  The Daft Knight: a cut+shut of several graphic stories
  
  Big film, big screen, big noise, epic soundtrack. Just big.
  
  But in the oddest tribute to its graphic novel heritage, all the characters are as two-... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 11 Feb 2012 at 00:01
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  baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatman is well cul and smells lyk soap.
  
  batman is well gud and m y dad thinks i luk like da jokester. i think i luk lyk spiderman and in a fight hari pottAH wudf win batman if he had no car.
  
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- - JWK95
  - 3 reviews
  - 09 Feb 2012 at 12:40
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  Just superb
  
  The Batman just keeps getting better and better,i should have seen it much sooner but what a treat for a batman movie fan !!!!
  
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- - Ilgas
  - 4 reviews
  - 08 Feb 2012 at 10:50
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  no expense spared for the viewer
  
  the most thrills in this movie- epic pyrotechnics- terrific suspense - really quite compelling to watch. All of us love superhero's however Gary Oldman is ... read more »
  
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  - Hermionie
  - 10 reviews
  - Sunderland
  - 08 Feb 2012 at 01:33
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  Simply brilliant and even better on Blu-Ray
  
  What can I say Batman fans and Film lovers rejoice! Finally we see Batman as it should be portrayed (I'm referring to the comic in it's entirety not ... read more »
  
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- - Wishful_Scriber
  - 6 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 08 Feb 2012 at 01:26
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  Brilliant production and effects.
  
  Loved this film acting suppurb and the set is amazing.
  
  Having enjoyed reading the comics in my youth this is so close to my memories that it has to ... read more »
  
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  - Jeffers23
  - 6 reviews
  - 05 Feb 2012 at 20:45
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  Delivers action at breakneck speed
  
  Easily the best Batman movie I've seen, Dark and uncompromising, gritty , harsh , filled with Bat-Gadgets and kapow to fill your boots with
  
  ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Feb 2012 at 00:36
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  dark knight
  
  brilliant movie from start to finish,ex picture n volum packed with action .one ov them films you could watch over again .
  
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  - 01 Feb 2012 at 21:16
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  Wow
  
  I loved this. Batman was played well but it is the Joker that steals the movie being played amazingly by Heath Ledger. Action and graphics were great. A must ... read more »
  
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  - Lincolnshire, England
  - 01 Feb 2012 at 14:58
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  Wow
  
  I loved this. Batman was played well but it is the Joker that steals the movie being played amazingly by Heath Ledger. Action and graphics were great. A must ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Feb 2012 at 14:58
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  Long awaited
  
  Trailer looks awesome.
  
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  - Muggins
  - 5 reviews
  - Shoeburyness
  - 31 May 2008 at 23:57
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  At last, an action film not just for American teens
  
  Iron Man, Indiana Jones, Spiderman... ok films but all left the same sensation that something was missing.
  
  This film absolutely delivers. It's ... read more »
  
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- - Katherine
  - 19 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Jul 2008 at 18:06
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  the wait is nearly over
  
  i have seen all nine trailers of this movie and like the critics are saying it looks like it is going to be the film of 2008
  
  heath ledger is amazing ... read more »
  
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- - keithflavell
  - 25 reviews
  - Neath
  - 26 Jun 2008 at 19:30
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  tdk
  
  i have seen tha first 7mins f this film.and it wil blow ur mind.classic.its up ther with tha matrix.fight club.superman.momento.etc etc.plus ther r sum serious ... read more »
  
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  - Belfast/derry
  - 07 Jul 2008 at 19:39
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  A truly EPIC, MAGNIFICENT movie – makes Iron Man look like an ironing board.
  
  Chris Nolan is one of the finest filmmakers working today, after the brilliance of the Prestige, Memento, Insomnia and Batman Begins he gives us this wonderful ... read more »
  
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  - Cardiff
  - 24 Jul 2008 at 16:31
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  NOLAN BATS AND DELIVERS... BIG TIME
  
  I cannot remember the last time I went to the pictures at 2 in the afternoon and it was so packed, they had to allocate seats! So we are past the opening ... read more »
  
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- - hunkydomste
  - 48 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 30 Jul 2008 at 16:27
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  The Knight is Darkest before the Dawn
  
  Oh wicked i've watched the trailer! Is that a helpful review?
  
  Also i'm impressed with Katherine from London, seeing it a day before the ... read more »
  
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- - SLCpunk
  - 32 reviews
  - South Glamorgan
  - 25 Jul 2008 at 12:06
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  The Dark Knight
  
  Ledger as Joker is flawless casting. Your movie is only as good as your bad guy and under Nolan's mesmeric, captivating direction, Heath surpasses Jack ... read more »
  
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- - mdridley
  - 104 reviews
  - Catterick, United Kingdom
  - 18 Aug 2008 at 21:41
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  The Greatest Film Ever
  
  This Film is perfect. The way I judge films is on how they stand against The Godfather. Never have I actually seen a film that is better until now. And that ... read more »
  
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- - Jamiesan92
  - 1 review
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 11 Aug 2008 at 21:50
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  The true Joker?????
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Yes, an incredible plot, yes, incredible performing from the late, great Heath Ledger. But NO, why is the Joker using make-up. If Nolan wanted to keep to the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Hove
  - 26 Jul 2008 at 19:30

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  Director Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, THE PRESTIGE) returns to Gotham City with this sequel to the critically-acclaimed fan favourite, BATMAN BEGINS. In THE DARK KNIGHT, Batman (Christian Bale - RESCUE DAWN, AMERICAN PSYCHO) squares off against a new, completely psychotic foe: the Joker (Heath ...

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  Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly....