The dark knight rises is the brooding and epic finale to Nolans Bat franchise. It is the seemingly visually compelling film in contrast to the dark knight. It helps give us the secluded shutdown bruce Wayne who has disappeared after Harvey dents death. This helps give bruce depth, and allows the audience to feel great pity and sorrow for our beloved hero. The new menacing villain, (bane) is a great addition to this film as he is played brilliantly by Tom Hardy, and completely outclasses batman in every way. We get to see batman finally meet his match!, and boy was it worth the wait. The sewer scene and final battle were some of the most epic choreographed fights I've ever seen. Gary old-man returns as Commissioner gordon and plays it fantastically, as we see he is very heart torn in the film as he has lived 8 years, on a lie about dents death and watched people believe Harvey was a great ' white knight '. With all the usual cast returning this film delivers some much needed closure to the epic Trilogy, and some emotionally satisfying scenes, how could it not be great?!