The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan’s Batman film series and a sequel to 2005′s Batman Begins.
Christian Bale reprises the lead role. The film follows Bruce Wayne/Batman (Bale), District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Police Commissioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and their struggles and journey in combating the new threat of the Joker (Heath Ledger). The Joker’s identity is left a mystery in the film, while Dent’s transformation from heroic district attorney to disfigured killer Two-Face is presented entirely. Nolan’s inspiration for the film was the Joker’s comic book debut in 1940, and the 1996 series The Long Halloween, which retold Two-Face’s origin. The Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago, as well as in several other locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. Nolan used an IMAX camera to film some sequences, including the Joker’s first appearance in the film. The film appeared on many critics’ top ten lists of the best films of 2008.
Plot: With just one year having passed after taking out Ra’s Al Ghul’s plan to have Gotham eliminated & the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA the Scarecrow, & after the city was nearly plundered with his toxins, Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter ego the Batman, continue the seemingly endless effort to bring order to Gotham, with the help of Lt. James Gordon & newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But a new threat has now emerged into the streets. The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman morality makes him as dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to Batman to stop the mysterious Joker at all costs, knowing that both of them are in an opposite line. One has no method at all & seeks to see the world plunge into the fire he has yet to light. One represents the symbol of hope and uses his own shadow to bring the peace and order he has yet to accomplish doing.
Cast
* Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman
* Heath Ledger as The Joker
* Gary Oldman as James Gordon
* Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent / Two-Face
* Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes
* Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth
* Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
* Eric Roberts as Sal Maroni
* Colin McFarlane as Gillian B. Loeb
