The Dark Knight (2008)

Not Recommended

USA/UK

Feature Film

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, David S. Goyer

Cinematographers: Wally Pfister

Composers: James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer

Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman

Although, perhaps, a slight improvement on the rather silly Batman Begins (2005), Nolan’s painfully long, mildly diverting fantasy film, following the titular vigilante’s battles against a new psychotic menace, The Joker, is a film that suffers from cardboard characters, ostentatious direction, and a terribly bland central performance, but benefits immensely from Ledger’s very entertaining turn – never the less, the whole thing feels rather soulless. Iain.Stott