🎬 The Dark Knight (2008) – Full Details, Cast & IMDb Rating

📌 Category: Drama,Action,Crime,Thriller

⭐ IMDb Rating: 8.519 / 10 (from 33708 votes)

📅 Release Date: 2008-07-16

🎞 Status: Released

💰 Budget: $185000000

🗣 Available Languages: English,普通话

🌍 Country: United Kingdom,United States of America

🗣 Original Language: en

🏢 Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures,Legendary Pictures,Syncopy,DC

🔗 IMDb URL: View on IMDb

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📖 Synopsis

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the 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.

🎭 Cast & Characters

Bruce Wayne: Christian Bale
Joker: Heath Ledger
Harvey Dent: Aaron Eckhart
Alfred: Michael Caine
Rachel: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Gordon: Gary Oldman
Lucius Fox: Morgan Freeman
Ramirez: Monique Gabriela Curnen
Wuertz: Ron Dean
Scarecrow: Cillian Murphy
Lau: Chin Han
Mayor: Nestor Carbonell
Maroni: Eric Roberts
Chechen: Ritchie Coster
Engel: Anthony Michael Hall
Stephens: Keith Szarabajka
Loeb: Colin McFarlane
Reese: Joshua Harto
Barbara Gordon: Melinda McGraw
James Gordon: Nathan Gamble
Rossi: Michael Vieau
Dopey: Michael Stoyanov
Happy: William Smillie
Grumpy: Danny Goldring
Gambol: Michael Jai White
Chuckles: Matthew O’Neill
Bank Manager: William Fichtner
Drug Dealer: Olumiji Olawumi
Drug Buyer: Greg Beam
Junkie: Erik Hellman
Natascha: Beatrice Rosen
Crime Boss: Vincenzo Nicoli
LSI VP: Edison Chen
Judge Surrillo: Nydia Rodriguez Terracina
Brian: Andy Luther
Man No. 1: James Farruggio
Man No. 2: Tom McElroy
Assistant DA: Will Zahrn
Thug at Party: James Fierro
Gentleman at Party: Patrick Leahy
Male Guest: Sam Derence
Female Guest: Jennifer Knox
Judge Freel: Patrick Clear
Maroni’s Mistress: Sarah Jayne Dunn
Gambol’s Bodyguard: Charles Venn
Gambol’s Bodyguard: Winston Ellis
Joker’s Thug: David Dastmalchian
Reporter: Sophia Hinshelwood
Heckler: Keith Kupferer
Cop Heckler: Joseph Luis Caballero
Acting Commissioner: Richard Dillane
Officer at Intersection: Daryl Satcher
Convoy Leader: Chris Petschler
Fat Thug: Aidan Feore
Murphy: Philip Bulcock
Cop with Fat Thug: Paul Birchard
Medic: Walter Lewis
Cop at 250 52nd St.: Vincent Riotta
Nurse: Nancy Crane
Polk: K. Todd Freeman
Berg: Matt Shallenberger
Cop at Hospital: Michael Andrew Gorman
Bartender: Lanny Lutz
Civilian: Peter DeFaria
First Mate: Matt Rippy
Prison Ferry Pilot: Andrew Bicknell
Guard Commander: Ariyon Bakare
Businessman: Doug Ballard
Mother: Helene Maksoud
Passenger: Tommy Campbell
Passenger: Craig Heaney
Passenger: Lorna Gayle
Passenger: Lisa McAllister
Passenger: Peter Brooke
SWAT Sniper: Joshua Rollins
SWAT Leader: Dale Rivera
Prisoner on Ferry: Matthew Leitch
Tattooed Prisoner: Tommy Lister Jr.
Reporter #3: Thomas Gaitsch
Evans: William Armstrong
Honor Guard Man: Adam Kalesperis
Uniform Cop: Tristan Tait
Bounty Hunter: Bronson Webb
Bounty Hunter: David Ajala
Fox’s Secretary: Gertrude Kyles
Passenger Ferry Pilot: Jonathan Ryland
Guardsman: James Scales
Warden: Nigel Carrington
Corrections Officer: Ian Pirie
Prisoner: Lateef Lovejoy
Prisoner: Grahame Edwards
Prisoner: Roger Monk
Prisoner: Ronan Summers
Hong Kong Detective: Wai Wong
Honor Guard Leader: Michael Corey Foster
Gordon’s Daughter: Hannah Gunn
Armoured Car SWAT: Brandon Lambdin
Man Trying to Reach Coleman Reese (uncredited): Matt Skiba
Waiter (uncredited): Jon Lee Brody
Bank Patron (uncredited): Debbi Burns
Party Guest (uncredited): Maritza Cabrera
Party Guest with Glass (uncredited): Shirin Caiola
Party Guest (uncredited): Laura Chernicky
Lau Henchman (uncredited): Henry Milton Chu
Paramedic (uncredited): Kelli Clevenger
Chechen Gangster (uncredited): Richard Divizio
Press Conference Heckler (uncredited): Tony Domino
Pedestrian (uncredited): David Fultz
Ferry Passenger (uncredited): Natalie Hallam
Police Officer (uncredited): Jordon Hodges
Prisoner (uncredited): Erron Jay
Shotgun SWAT (uncredited): Nicky Katt
Parade Police Officer (uncredited): Thomas Kosik
Maroni’s Henchman (uncredited): Don Kress
Assistant D.A. (uncredited): Tim Krueger
Police Sgt. Spellman / Gotham Bomb Squad (uncredited): Dan Latham
Helicopter SWAT Sniper (uncredited): Tom McComas
Ferry Passenger (uncredited): James Mellor
Officer (uncredited): Joseph Oliveira
Joker’s Thug #2 (uncredited): Buster Reeves
Prisoner (uncredited): Peter Rnic
Party Guest (uncredited): Amit Shah
Angry Hospital Relative (uncredited): Michelle Shields
Evacuee (uncredited): Sofiya Smirnova
High-Ranking Police Official (uncredited): Bruce Spielbauer
Extra (uncredited): Robert Patrick Stern
Dept. of Corrections Resident (uncredited): Robert Stone
Detective (uncredited): Richard Strobel
Police Officer (uncredited): Tom Townsend
Chechen’s Bodyguard (uncredited): John Turk
Detective (uncredited): John Warman
Major Crime Unit Detective (uncredited): Chris Wilson
Party Staff (uncredited): Kevin Zaideman
Party Guest (uncredited): Rob Clark
Police Officer (uncredited): Craig Braginsky
Police Officer (uncredited): Mike Whyte
Detective (uncredited): Tina Simmons
Masked Thug (uncredited): Rick Avery
Detective (uncredited): John Snowden

🎬 Crew & Production Team

Editor: Lee Smith
Story: David S. Goyer
Casting: John Papsidera
Executive Producer: Michael Uslan
Executive Producer: Benjamin Melniker
Director of Photography: Wally Pfister
Screenplay: Jonathan Nolan
Story: Christopher Nolan
Production Design: Nathan Crowley
Producer: Emma Thomas
Costume Design: Lindy Hemming
Executive Producer: Thomas Tull
Original Music Composer: Hans Zimmer
Producer: Charles Roven
Unit Production Manager: Kevin De La Noy
Set Decoration: Peter Lando
Original Music Composer: James Newton Howard
Makeup Artist: Alma Izquierdo
Standby Art Director: Neal Callow
Assistant Art Director: Phillis Lehmer
Visual Effects Supervisor: Pierre Buffin
Costume Supervisor: Dan Grace
Visual Effects Producer: Lorna Paterson
Set Costumer: Esther St John Gray
Set Costumer: Brendan Handscombe
Set Dresser: Fred M. Ortiz
Visual Effects Producer: Matthew Holben
Visual Effects Producer: David Sanger
Visual Effects Supervisor: Paul J. Franklin
Makeup Artist: Jenny Sharpe
Visual Effects Supervisor: Ian Hunter
Visual Effects Supervisor: Tim Webber
Makeup Artist: Deborah K. Dee
Visual Effects Producer: François-Xavier Aubague
Set Costumer: Lee Croucher
Standby Art Director: Ashley Winter
Set Costumer: Gina Panno
Set Costumer: Patrick Caulfield
Visual Effects Producer: Alain Lalanne
In Memory Of: Heath Ledger
Stunts: Jennifer Lamb
Stunts: Marie Fink
Stunts: Natalie M. Meyer
Stunts: Linda Perlin
Stunt Double: Sarah Franzl
Art Direction: Naaman Marshall
Hairstylist: Deena Adair
Art Direction: Craig Jackson
Casting: Lucinda Syson
Art Department Coordinator: Jenne Lee
Makeup Artist: Nancy Hancock
Casting: Nicholas Gall
Art Direction: Mark Bartholomew
Art Direction: Steven Lawrence
Makeup Artist: John Caglione Jr.
Script Supervisor: Steve Gehrke
Art Direction: James Hambidge
Makeup Artist: Sue Robb-King
In Memory Of: Conway Wickliffe
Thanks: Richard M. Daley
Orchestrator: Brad Dechter
Foley: Alyson Dee Moore
Publicist: Dennis Davidson
Hairstylist: Kimberley Spiteri
Grip Production Assistant: Robert Stoneman
Music Editor: Daniel Pinder
Sound Designer: Richard King
Stunt Coordinator: Rick LeFevour
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Rizzo
Hair Department Head: Janice Alexander
Stunt Coordinator: Paul Jennings
Production Sound Mixer: Ed Novick
Music Editor: Alex Gibson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lora Hirschberg
“A” Camera Operator: Bob Gorelick
Stunt Coordinator: Tom Struthers
Sound Effects Editor: Michael W. Mitchell
Sound Effects Editor: Michael Babcock
Still Photographer: Stephen Vaughan
Stunts: Jim Wilkey
Stunts: Mark Mottram
Orchestrator: Jeff Atmajian
Assistant Editor: Donald Likovich
Stunts: Rick Avery
Stunts: Tom McComas
Fight Choreographer: Justo Dieguez
Supervising Art Director: Simon Lamont
Supervising Art Director: Kevin Kavanaugh
Concept Artist: Rob Bliss
Visual Effects: Craig Lyn
Visual Effects Designer: Ben Shepherd
Orchestrator: Bruce Fowler
Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects: Jim Boulden
Post Production Supervisor: David E. Hall
Characters: Bob Kane
Associate Producer: Jordan Goldberg
Prosthetic Supervisor: Conor O’Sullivan
Stunts: Brian Christensen
Orchestrator: Kevin Kaska
Unit Publicist: Mira Husseini
Stunts: Jessie Graff
Scoring Mixer: Daniel Wehr
Color Timer: David Orr
Second Assistant Director: Brandon Lambdin
Unit Production Manager: Susan Towner
Unit Production Manager: Jan Foster
Production Supervisor: Geoff Dibben
Visual Effects Producer: Joyce Cox
First Assistant Director: Nilo Otero
Visual Effects Supervisor: Nick Davis
First Assistant “A” Camera: Bob Hall
Clapper Loader: Ben Perry
Production Supervisor: Thomas Hayslip
First Assistant “B” Camera: Stephen Wong
Clapper Loader: Steve Evans
Second Assistant “B” Camera: Dan Schroer
Second Assistant “A” Camera: Daniel C. McFadden
Focus Puller: Brad Larner
Dialogue Editor: Michael Magill
ADR Supervisor: Linda Folk
Dialogue Editor: Hugo Weng
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Doug Hemphill
Assistant Editor: Scott Wesley Ross
Stunts: George Cottle
Compositing Supervisor: Jonathan Fawkner
Special Effects Supervisor: Chris Corbould
Makeup & Hair: Peter Robb-King
Set Production Assistant: Rudra Banerji
Stunts: David Gere
Stunts: Brian Peters
Set Production Assistant: Rebecca Steel Roven
Sound Designer: Hamilton Sterling
Stunts: Rich Wilkie
Stunts: Pete Ford
Stunts: Cristian Knight
Negative Cutter: Mo Henry
Compositing Artist: Dan Snape
Production Assistant: PJ Fishwick

📊 Audience Reviews & Popularity

🔥 Popularity Score: 36.2811

tricksy: Excellent movie. Best of the trilogy. Lovely music. Nolan is a genius. So is Heath Ledger.
talisencrw: This has no competition. It is the very finest comic-book character movie ever made. Knowing the Burton, Donner and Nolan filmic adaptations of Batman and Superman exist helps me to sleep at night. They are Exhibit A of ‘How to Make a Comic-Book Movie’. Nothing else has ever come even remotely close. These seven films (I include ‘Superman II’ because it was mostly Donner’s work)–and Nolan’s trilogy especially–are what I imagine a great director like Kubrick, Hitchcock or Kurosawa would have come up with, if they had ever been asked to make a Superman or Batman movie. They are the easiest for an audience to identify with because in these the scripts most approximate human emotions and the typical conundrums of the human experience–in short, are the closest, in a good way, they come to the complexities of the human condition. Peerless.
erickprieto: Perhaps the best Batman movie of all times. I think that this Batman trilogy presents the well-known superhero history in an unexpected way with the capable to maintain on the edge of the chair all time. **Heath Ledger** present an excellent impersonification of a psychopath. All support roles are magnificent. And Bruce Wayne role played by Christian Bale, shows a human being behind of the mask.
moubledian: I used to leave a theatre after seeing a highly anticipated movie, specifically a sequel, and be so revved up about what I saw that I would declare that movie to be the best of a series. After each of the prequel “Star Wars” films, I rated that one the best, as good as any of the originals…for a time, until my opinion balanced out and I had a more well-rounded take. For that reason, I steer away from that mindset, and did for “Dark Knight”. Though my opinion is solidifying already after having seen a Warner Bros. screening last night, “Dark Knight” ably stands on its own with or without “Batman Begins”. At a two and a half hour runtime, it’s definitely an epic of a movie, but one that never runs out of gas. A delightful addition to this experience was a healthy amount of IMAX footage, which significantly adds to the feel of being on a personal, and gruesome, tour of Gotham City. Christian Bale plays such a well rounded Batman and Bruce Wayne, qualities that none of those who have donned the cowl before him have pulled off. I still have to remember that Bale is British since he speaks with such a spot on American accent. Bale has a particular slurring lisp that serves him quite well, charmingly for Bruce Wayne and threateningly for Batman. Countering him is the late Heath Ledger, who plays such a scary and creepy Joker that I found it impossible to NOT have chills half the time I saw him on screen. What really separates this brand of Joker from Jack Nicholson’s portrayal is true unpredictability. It’s obvious that, to be a good guy and think like the Joker, it really takes a toll, and it sure isn’t easy. How exactly does one take him down when he’s woven his harebrained plot around multiple hostages, explosives, or disappearing parlor tricks? Initially, I was uneasy about how the character of Harvey Dent would be handled. In my mind, there was really only one faithful portrayal of him, and that could be found in the “Batman” animated series of the early 90s. As well as Tommy Lee Jones COULD have handled him in “Batman Forever”, he certainly did not, though it still was a highlight of that movie. Aaron Eckhart ably assumes the mantle here, delivering a performance out of this world, easily on par with the Batman animated series. Be it known, this caped avenger stands for the good of Gotham City that the police force and its counterparts can’t represent, the good that has no jurisdiction, no procedures…and no rules, save for one. I can only hope that we’ve seen just the prelude to the Dark Knight’s upcoming legendary battles with the worst of Gotham City’s dark underside. “The Dark Knight” gets a solid 10 of 10 stars. I used to leave a theatre after seeing a highly anticipated movie, specifically a sequel, and be so revved up about what I saw that I would declare that movie to be the best of a series. After each of the prequel “Star Wars” films, I rated that one the best, as good as any of the originals…for a time, until my opinion balanced out and I had a more well-rounded take. For that reason, I steer away from that mindset, and did for “Dark Knight”. Though my opinion is solidifying already after having seen a Warner Bros. screening last night, “Dark Knight” ably stands on its own with or without “Batman Begins”. At a two and a half hour runtime, it’s definitely an epic of a movie, but one that never runs out of gas. A delightful addition to this experience was a healthy amount of IMAX footage, which significantly adds to the feel of being on a personal, and gruesome, tour of Gotham City. Christian Bale plays such a well rounded Batman and Bruce Wayne, qualities that none of those who have donned the cowl before him have pulled off. I still have to remember that Bale is British since he speaks with such a spot on American accent. Bale has a particular slurring lisp that serves him quite well, charmingly for Bruce Wayne and threateningly for Batman. Countering him is the late Heath Ledger, who plays such a scary and creepy Joker that I found it impossible to NOT have chills half the time I saw him on screen. What really separates this brand of Joker from Jack Nicholson’s portrayal is true unpredictability. It’s obvious that, to be a good guy and think like the Joker, it really takes a toll, and it sure isn’t easy. How exactly does one take him down when he’s woven his harebrained plot around multiple hostages, explosives, or disappearing parlor tricks? Initially, I was uneasy about how the character of Harvey Dent would be handled. In my mind, there was really only one faithful portrayal of him, and that could be found in the “Batman” animated series of the early 90s. As well as Tommy Lee Jones COULD have handled him in “Batman Forever”, he certainly did not, though it still was a highlight of that movie. Aaron Eckhart ably assumes the mantle here, delivering a performance out of this world, easily on par with the Batman animated series. Be it known, this caped avenger stands for the good of Gotham City that the police force and its counterparts can’t represent, the good that has no jurisdiction, no procedures…and no rules, save for one. I can only hope that we’ve seen just the prelude to the Dark Knight’s upcoming legendary battles with the worst of Gotham City’s dark underside. “The Dark Knight” gets a solid 10 of 10 stars. I used to leave a theatre after seeing a highly anticipated movie, specifically a sequel, and be so revved up about what I saw that I would declare that movie to be the best of a series. After each of the prequel “Star Wars” films, I rated that one the best, as good as any of the originals…for a time, until my opinion balanced out and I had a more well-rounded take. For that reason, I steer away from that mindset, and did for “Dark Knight”. Though my opinion is solidifying already after having seen a Warner Bros. screening last night, “Dark Knight” ably stands on its own with or without “Batman Begins”. At a two and a half hour runtime, it’s definitely an epic of a movie, but one that never runs out of gas. A delightful addition to this experience was a healthy amount of IMAX footage, which significantly adds to the feel of being on a personal, and gruesome, tour of Gotham City. Christian Bale plays such a well rounded Batman and Bruce Wayne, qualities that none of those who have donned the cowl before him have pulled off. I still have to remember that Bale is British since he speaks with such a spot on American accent. Bale has a particular slurring lisp that serves him quite well, charmingly for Bruce Wayne and threateningly for Batman. Countering him is the late Heath Ledger, who plays such a scary and creepy Joker that I found it impossible to NOT have chills half the time I saw him on screen. What really separates this brand of Joker from Jack Nicholson’s portrayal is true unpredictability. It’s obvious that, to be a good guy and think like the Joker, it really takes a toll, and it sure isn’t easy. How exactly does one take him down when he’s woven his harebrained plot around multiple hostages, explosives, or disappearing parlor tricks? Initially, I was uneasy about how the character of Harvey Dent would be handled. In my mind, there was really only one faithful portrayal of him, and that could be found in the “Batman” animated series of the early 90s. As well as Tommy Lee Jones COULD have handled him in “Batman Forever”, he certainly did not, though it still was a highlight of that movie. Aaron Eckhart ably assumes the mantle here, delivering a performance out of this world, easily on par with the Batman animated series. Be it known, this caped avenger stands for the good of Gotham City that the police force and its counterparts can’t represent, the good that has no jurisdiction, no procedures…and no rules, save for one. I can only hope that we’ve seen just the prelude to the Dark Knight’s upcoming legendary battles with the worst of Gotham City’s dark underside. “The Dark Knight” gets a solid 10 of 10 stars.
tmdb22590444: One of the best movies of all time. Christopher Nolan has brought us the Batman trilogy that it made it feel it could happen today. Christian Bale returns as Batman, was able to perform as wonderfully as he did in Batman Begins. The one person that ultimately stole the show had to be the late Heath Ledger who played as the Joker. His performance as a psychotic clown terrorizing Gotham City was one of the best performance as a superhero villain. One of the best parts of the Joker was when he was telling his victims on how “he got his scars?”. Another great part was when he kidnapped a police officer and he was recording it while scaring the man and also giving a warning to Batman. The supporting actor and actresses did a good job of delivering the story. I was disappointed that Katie Holmes did not return as Rachael Dawes but the actress how played as her Maggie Gyllenhaal did a really good job. One of the best parts of Christopher Nolan is that in every movie of his, the cinematography would look amazing and this movie is no exception.
tmdb79614358: A Masterpiece!!! I Love how The Dark Knight shows to me the “Dark & Gritty Tone”. Overall, Nolan give us the Game changing, best superhero film OF ALL TIME. For me it’s 10/10
EDSR: A sickening, borderline fascist film that is simultaneously dull and harmful. The editing represents that of an anti-pirate commercial and the politics are beyond reprehensible. The film ends with a monologue about how violent law-enforcement and brutality is what the country needs, but does not deserve. Nolan clearly did not intend for any subtext, yet that is not an excuse, if anything, that makes it worse. He includes these scenes to make the film more dark and edgy, yet there are people, from suppressed countries, who have to live through the hardships of violence from law-enforcers and dictatorship every day, and in his obliviousness, Nolan thinks that using this in a superhero film is a good excuse for self-importance. He is a war profiteer, and exploiter, and this is nothing short of disgusting.
AstroNoud: Unforgettable crime film with good dialogue, thrilling action and chase scenes and once again a magnificent cast (most notably a terrifically terrifying Ledger) and superb score. 10/10
CinemaSerf: Heath Ledger is outstanding in this follow up to the 2006 “Batman Begins” outing for the caped crusader. His portrayal of the malevolent “Joker’ is confident and highly entertaining, treading a fine line between supreme intellect and total insanity with considerable aplomb. He comes back to terrorise “Gotham” after “Batman” (Christian Bale), “Gordon” (Gary Oldman) – now Commissioner in charge of the police force, and newly installed District Attorney “Dent” (Aaron Eckhart) had made progress getting the criminals off the street. The “Joker”, meantime, decides that the best strategy is to rob the mob – and pitching them all against each other, and with the help of the duplicitous “Lau” (Chin Han) manages to secure enough of their funds to initiate a campaign of lawlessness that is ruthless, manipulative and good fun to watch. Not only has the man in black his new, potent, nemesis to deal with – but he also begins to realise that his childhood sweetheart “Rachel” (this time Maggie Gyllenhaal) is drifting into the arms of the new DA. it is also pretty clear that they are both now proving to be an useful additional weapon in the armoury of his enemy who knows, increasingly, which buttons to press to cause maximum anxiety among those who would bring him down. It’s over 2½ hours long, but really does fly by as the quickly paced action really does kick in right from the start. The story is dark and gritty but the pace isn’t ponderous and moody – Ledger exudes a sense of peril throughout the whole thing, but that has an edge to it – a sophistication that plays well against the flawed superhero who is increasingly having to identify and cope with his own demons. Sir Michael Caine pops up now and again as his shrewd butler “Alfred”, always striving to keep his boss on the right side of sanity, and Morgan Freeman continues to feature (sparingly) and his quartermaster. On that latter front, there are loads of new gadgets that still have that element of plausibility to them (no super-powers!). On balance I think I still preferred the first film, but as sequels go – this takes, and will take, some beating. On a big screen in a packed cinema, it’s just a great experience.
The Movie Mob: **Overall : A cinematic marvel and once-in-a-decade masterpiece.** This isn’t simply a superhero movie or a Christopher Nolan film. The Dark Knight is a masterpiece. A perfect film. An epic scale with magnificent action pieces, oscar-winning performances, incredible writing, excellent pacing, dazzling special effects, and the list goes on and on, including the set design, costumes, and more. But, Christopher Nolan did more than make the greatest superhero movie of all time. He made one of the greatest movies of all time! All this is elevated further by Heath Ledger’s once-in-a-lifetime portrayal of the Joker. Ledger was born for this role with a performance in league with Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal Lecter or Val Kilmer’s Doc Holliday.
drystyx: Even worse than Tim Burton’s Batman, although obviously copying the neo Nazi ideology of “kill all the brunettes you can in a movie”. This is so predictable and so poorly written that it boggles the mind. Yet there is a fan base of what can only be described as neo Nazis. I guess those fans were poor cuckolds who got jilted by too many brunettes at a young age, and they couldn’t get over it. That’s about the entire story here. Oh, the Joker kills anything he sees. Whoopee. And he’s invulnerable. And he’s a demigod who can only be beaten by another demigod. So, we’ve got traditional mundane Greek heroes and villains here, just like most Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, the fans of these traditional Hollywood movies are the loudest people on Earth, and the biggest control freaks. It’s ridiculous to believe there are actually this big a percentage of fans for this kind of depressing Hollywood formula movie making, but if you look at Imdb’s top 250, you see such movies make up over half of the top 250. Are they voted up because control freaks vote more than non control freaks? Or are they voted up because control freaks use many fake user names? Probably both, which explains why over half of the top 250 are nothing more than Greek traditional idolizations of control freaks. Oh, and Batman turns totally gay, which would be okay if he’d admit it, but he’s given the choice of saving a man from death or a hot woman from death, and he chooses to save the man. This isn’t any real Batman. It’s just another contrived story line for the Nolan Nazi merit badge. They are not even subtle. They bang you over the head with their worship of Adolf and Eva. God help the world if this garbage still has a fan base fifty years from now. But it could happen. We may have drug addicts and meth heads around for even longer than that, praising the hate and feeding the hate. It would be nice if someone made a real Batman movie with a real story line involving some degree of motivation.
Andre Gonzales: I enjoyed watching the Dark Knight. They were at least able to keep the same batman from the the last one made too.
James: If I can hold my pee for a whole two and a half hours rewatching a film I’ve already seen then I love it.
maxim: I’m deeply in romantical love with the joker. this movie made my delusions worse
RalphRahal: The Dark Knight (2008), directed by Christopher Nolan, isn’t just another superhero film—it’s a gripping piece of cinema that balances action, emotion, and a deep exploration of morality and chaos. It’s the kind of movie that lingers with you, not because of its spectacle, but because of the questions it asks and the unforgettable performances it delivers. Chief among those is Heath Ledger’s Joker, a portrayal that reshaped how we see villains. Ledger’s performance as the Joker is nothing short of extraordinary. He’s chaotic and unpredictable, yet his presence is magnetic—every moment he’s on screen feels alive with tension. From his unsettling voice to his haunting laugh, he created a character that’s terrifyingly human yet larger than life. Ledger didn’t just act the part; he became the Joker, and it’s a performance that still sends chills down your spine. It’s no wonder he was awarded a posthumous Oscar—this wasn’t just a role; it was a transformation. Christian Bale continues to bring depth to Bruce Wayne, exploring his inner conflict and the weight of his decisions as Gotham’s protector. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent adds a tragic layer to the story, showing how even the noblest intentions can be corrupted. Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman bring warmth and stability to a world teetering on the edge of chaos. What really sets The Dark Knight apart, though, is Nolan’s storytelling. He doesn’t just focus on action—though the film has some of the most intense sequences you’ll see—but on creating a story that makes you think. The way it explores the fragile balance between order and chaos, the cost of heroism, and the power of fear, makes it a deeply compelling watch. Add to that the breathtaking visuals and Hans Zimmer’s score, which pulses with urgency, and you’ve got a film that’s as thrilling as it is thought-provoking. Here’s a fun tidbit: Ledger’s iconic scene where he claps in the jail cell was entirely unscripted. It’s one of those moments that perfectly captures the Joker’s unsettling genius, and it’s all thanks to Ledger’s improvisation. The Dark Knight is a film that deserves all the praise it gets. It’s intense, thoughtful, and unforgettable, with Heath Ledger delivering one of the most iconic performances of all time. If you haven’t seen it yet—or even if you have—it’s a movie that’s always worth revisiting.

📺 Where to Watch The Dark Knight?

🔹 Streaming on: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/dark-knight/

💾 Available in: English,普通话

🌟 Final Verdict: Should You Watch The Dark Knight?

👉 If you enjoy Drama,Action,Crime,Thriller , *The Dark Knight* is a must-watch.

👉 If you prefer deep storytelling, you might want to check out other options.

🔥 Our Rating: 3.5/5 – Watch for the action & visuals!

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The Dark Knight (2008)