The follow-up to the action hit "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight" reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne. In the new film, 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.
"The Dark Knight" rewrote the box-office record books in its first weekend. The film raked in $158.4 million dollars, crushing the previous North American box-office opening record of $151.1 million held by "Spider-Man 3". Total Gross: $530 million dollars (ranked 2nd in the history after "Titanic").
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"Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, it goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind." (Manohla Dargis: The New York Times)
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"Batman isn't a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight' is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy. (...) Rating: **** (out of four)." (Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times)
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"No fair giving away the mysteries of The Dark Knight. It's enough to marvel at the way Nolan --a world-class filmmaker-- brings pop escapism whisper-close to enduring art. (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of four)." (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)
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"[Ledger's] performance is also the most interesting thing in the film, and when the Joker is absent, The Dark Knight loses most of its energy and dynamism." (Stephen Hunter: Washington Post)
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"When was the last time you saw a blockbuster that was impeccably executed and simultaneously thought-provoking, audacious and unnerving while consistently being fun and entertaining? (...) Rating: **** (out of four)." (Claudia Puig: USA Today)
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