There's enough reviews on here about The Dark Knight Rises for me to skip the details and tell you simply...

The Dark Knight Rises isn't as good as "The Dark Knight." Nowhere Near as good. All fans of the Nolan franchise can agree on that.

Batman isn't given enough screen time. All BATMAN fans can agree on that.

The villain 'Bane' didn't have the depth of 'Ra's Al Ghul' (Batman Begins) or menace of 'the Joker' (The Dark Knight) and was used mainly as a smoke screen for a sub plot of which there are many. Which brings me to ..

..The plot. No spoilers but there's a lot going on. Too much. Which took screen time away from the films main character...Batman!

I left the cinema feeling entertained yes, but cheated at the same time.

Some people (clearly by the amount of 10s handed this film loved it)

But I say if Nolan had changed the villain(s), shortened the film and added more action then The Dark Knight Rises would have been a more entertaining and engaging film. Instead we got Too much Rise and not enough Batman. 5/10