Without a brooding, moody billionaire, Batman is just an empty suit.
"THE DARK KNIGHT RISES" (PG-13) Eight years after the last battle, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham, and the Dark Knight rises to protect a city that has branded him an enemy. With Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine.
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language. 164 min. [MC, PV, RA]
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