In the finale of his trilogy, Christopher Nolan brings us his final look into the universe with The Dark Knight Rises. It's been 8 years since The Joker's attack on Gotham and the Batman took the blame for Harvey Dent's death. Now Gotham living in peacetime with massive crime drop. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) now a social recluse and suffering from depression begins to question his return when a mysterious masked mercenary named Bane(Tom Hardy) arrives with ties to the League of Shadows and has plans for not only the city but Bruce himself. The Dark Knight Rises had a lot to live up to with The Dark Knight breaking records and winning numerous awards. It further pushed the storytelling for the comic narrative of what was possible. How this trilogy would end did leave many in suspense. While Rises is by no means a bad movie, it doesn't capture the tone and enrichment that the previous film achieved. The concept of the film is essentially a mixture of The Knightfall with No man land thrown in. This idea of a concealed threat rise from the shadows and hope being lost with Batman serves as the light to light the way. That idea sounds great however how it's executed with the story and its pacing doesn't capture the theme that the movie tries to accomplish. Starting with the fact that the fall and rise of Batman aren't as exciting as they should be. He decides to come back rather quickly and really with not much buildup. Alfred's reveals about Rachel are so hassling glossed over. The threat for Bruce to overcome while many can come to the assumption that Nolan most likely had something else planned for the Joker. Following Ledger's death, all thoughts of that went out the window. While Bane by all means wasn't a bad choice to go, this physical and tactical force. Hardy does give an opposing appeal to this character evening though the venom is removed for the sake of realism. He does give off this militaristic vibe, he can plunge the city into chaos, but unlike joker who used fear. Bane sways others into revolting, giving them this false idea of justice and control. The whole second half of the movie is when his plan is put into effect. It does add more to the highlight of the film. However, the amount of time given between him and Batman just isn't enough to complete the cycle of a hero rising. The rest of the cast feel like they were worked into the movie. Gordon is probably the only one who honestly feels warranted. With his guilty about the coverup with Harvey. Alfred and Lucius are pretty afterthoughts. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Blake he's a good guy man. Who feels moved by all that batman has done, but it is not like this is somebody we've known through the films. He's introduced here and honestly, you could have cut him and replaced him with more Gordon. Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/ Catwoman has gotten a fair amount of criticism for her role. She is not a good Catwoman she is just not. Giving in to the factor here for bruce's character she's supposed to covent this whole love interest. The chemistry between them is terrible never is there any real sort of feeling that these two genuinely love one another and are just kissing for the audience. Hathway also while she has the attitude down. She lacks any of that sex appeal that Michelle Pfeiffer had. That is important to Catwoman. She is not sexy or playful in the sense of that very filtered cat and mouse game between her and bruce. The Action in the film it's not as fast and bombastic as in dark Knight again the film tries to go for a more somber tone of lost hope and build until the big final battle, but the stunt work and the visuals like the plane hijack or the stadium do stand out.