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The Dark Knight

Welcome to a world without rules.

2008 · 2h 32m · PG-13 Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Christopher Nolan

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Overview

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.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The Dark Knight is probably the smartest and most stylish action movie since the "The Matrix." It thinks and philosophizes. The subject it thinks and philosophizes about, perhaps not surprisingly, considering the times, is the Iraq war.

Timothy Mangan, Orange County Register
Fresh

An exceptionally smart, brooding picture with some terrific performances.

Tom Charity, CNN.com
Fresh

The Dark Knight is a film that's fantastic on the action front, seeds its acrobatics in its own reality, and always feels relevant even when its ideas are drowned out by clatter.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

Christopher Nolan is much, much smarter than your average filmmaker.

Laremy Legel, Film.com
Fresh

The symbiosis of good and evil is the film's philosophical core, and images of duality and cloaked identity are strewn through it like shards from a fun house mirror.

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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