A FIRE WILL RISE

Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ - near perfect

"There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne... when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us." - Selina Kyle

Why watch this? It's a fitting end to the Nolan's Batman - Batman, Catwoman, and Bane.

Plot Summary: Eight years after Batman vanished into the night, taking the blame for Harvey Dent's death, a powerful new threat, calling himself Bane, emerges to terrorize Gotham City. This forces a reclusive Bruce Wayne out of retirement to once again don the cowl as Batman and save the city from destruction. He must confront his past and rely on new and old allies to combat this formidable foe.

Dad's Preview: This explosive conclusion to the Nolan Batman trilogy was worth the wait. Gotham is besieged by a new villain, Bane, a hulking, narcissist who breathes analgesic gas to magnify his strength. Batman, now older and on the verge of breakdown, lives mostly as an exile. The film is sometimes a little hard to follow, but it builds nicely to a satisfying climax. Tom Hardy is menacing as Bane, but Hathaway steals every scenes with her slinky, sexy portrayal of Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman.

Legendary Pictures, DC Ent., Syncopy; Warner Bros. Pictures