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The Dark Knight - Two Disc Special Edition
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Review
The Dark Knight arrives with tremendous hype (best superhero movie ever? posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?), and incredibly, it lives up to all of it. But calling it the best superhero movie ever seems like faint praise, since part of what makes the movie great--in addition to pitch-perfect casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision--is that it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is Gotham City's new district attorney, charged with cleaning up the crime rings that have paralysed the city. He enters an uneasy alliance with the young police lieutenant, Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Batman (Christian Bale), the caped vigilante who seems to trust only Gordon--and whom only Gordon seems to trust. They make progress until a psychotic and deadly new player enters the game: the Joker (Heath Ledger), who offers the crime bosses a solution--kill the Batman. Further complicating matters is that Dent is now dating Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, after Katie Holmes turned down the chance to reprise her role), the longtime love of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne.
In his last completed role before his tragic death, Ledger is fantastic as the Joker, a volcanic, truly frightening force of evil. And he sets the tone of the movie: the world is a dark, dangerous place where there are no easy choices. Eckhart and Oldman also shine. Director/co-writer Christopher Nolan (Memento) follows his critically acclaimed Batman Begins with an even better sequel that sets itself apart from notable superhero movies like Spider-Man 2 and Iron Man because of its sheer emotional impact and striking sense of realism--there are no suspension-of-disbelief superpowers here. At 152 minutes, for most movie fans--and not just superhero fans--The Dark Knight is a film for the ages.
Special Features:
Gotham Uncovered - how Christopher Nolan and his team developed the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod and composer Hans Zimmer musically characterized The Joker's reign of chaos.
The Dark Knight IMAX® scenes: view these 6 action-packed sequences
Gotham Tonight - 6 episodes of Gotham Cables premier news programme
The Galleries: poster art and production stills
Product Details:
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Christopher Nolan
Format: PAL, Anamorphic, Widescreen
Language English
Subtitles: Arabic, English, Italian, Hebrew, Icelandic, Greek
Region: Region 2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.40:1
Number of discs: 2
Classification: 12
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: 8 Dec 2008
Run Time: 152 minutes
USA Today 4 stars out of 4 -- "THE DARK KNIGHT is a more thrilling, intelligent, morally complex and masterfully crafted film than any summer blockbuster in recent years. It's probably the best superhero movie to date."
Claudia Puig (18th Jul, 2008)
Los Angeles Times "Always a consummate professional, Ledger threw himself into a role he clearly relished, giving a transfixing performance..."
Kenneth Turan (17th Jul, 2008)
New York Times "Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, it goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind..."
Manohla Dargis (18th Jul, 2008)
Entertainment Weekly "The movie exudes a predatory glamour that makes the comic-book films that have come before it look all the more like kid stuff." -- Grade: A-
Owen Gleiberman (25th Jul, 2008, p.46-47)
Empire 5 stars out of 5 -- "An anarchic, malevolent fury of a movie....Ledger's Joker is pure, powerful, immense..."
Empire Staff (1st Sep, 2008, p.56)
Premiere "A sleek detective story....Bale and Eckhart centralize the movie's thematic concerns, causing the Joker's outrageousness to stand out."
Eric Kohn (18th Jul, 2008)
Sight and Sound "This last development is a fine example of Nolan's flair for multivalent plot points....Nolan is aided by strong performances. Bale is focused, intense and committed to being terrifying..."
Kim Newman (1st Oct, 2008, p.59-60)
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