Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight is a classic movie starring the late Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain) as the Joker and the return of Christian Bale (Batman Begins) as Batman in this sequel to Batman Begins. This time around The Joker is heating things up in Gotham City when the Mob has gone scared of Batman and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) as they have locked up and Indited the whole mob. So now with the Joker on the loose in Gotham promising to kill someone everyday until Batman reveals his own identity, nobody is essentially safe and that sends Batman into panic mode. Along with Alfred (Michael Caine), Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), Gordon (Gary Oldman) and Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), they all try to figure out his every move. We eventually see Harvey become "Two Face" in the movie after a explosion leaves him without half his face and Rachel dead. We see what Batman had been calling him for days, Gothams White Knight, turn into an evil hellbent and disillusioned man wanting revenge for what happened to Rachel. Their is so much action that is packed into this movie and you can't forget Heath's performance that redefined the role of The Joker so that nobody could top it ever. Heath earned a posthumous Oscar for best supporting actor for his role as The Joker and a well deserved award for him. The movie also stars Eric Roberts (Best Of The Best), Cillian Murphy (Red Eye) returns as The Scarecrow, Chin Han (2012) as Lao, Anthony Michael Hall (Weird Science) as TV man Mike Engel, Michael Jai White (Tyson) as Gambol, and a cameo by William Fichtner (Blades Of Glory) as the bank manager. Do not miss an opportunity to see Heath's terrific performance because it's unforgettable and all the action and drama. This movie gets an A+

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