The Dark Knight Rises (2012)






It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Dark Knight Rises

Mark S. Reinhart
The Batman Filmography, Second Edition
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 2013

Articles on The Dark Knight Rises

Dan Jolin, What Next?, in: Empire, nr. 253 (July), 2010 pp. 116-118

Dan Jolin, "He's a smashing machine", in: Empire, nr. 271 (January), 2012 pp. 54-61

DJ, The Dark Knight Rises, in: Empire, nr. 272 (February), 2012 pp. 73

The Dark Knight Rises, in: Empire, nr. 274 (April), 2012 pp. 56-57

Joseph Bevan, Escape artist, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 8 (August), 2012 pp. 14-18

Dan Jolin, Batman, in: Empire, nr. 277 (July), 2012 pp. 87-109

Dan Jolin, Anne Hathaway, in: Empire, nr. 277 (July), 2012 pp. 92-93

Owen Williams, Rebuilding Batman, in: Empire, nr. 277 (July), 2012 pp. 96-99

The Dark Knight effect, in: Empire, nr. 277 (July), 2012 pp. 102-103

Dan Jolin, Christian Bale, in: Empire, nr. 277 (July), 2012 pp. 106-107

Frank Schnelle, Es müsste regnen, in: epd Film, nr. 7, 2012 pp. 22-27

Felicitas Kleiner, Der Held, den Gotham verdient, Christopher Nolans "Batman"-Trilogie, in: Filmdienst, nr. 16 (2. August), 2012 pp. 25-28

Franz Everschor, Colorado, 20. Juli 2012, Der Tag, an dem das Kino seine Unschuld verlor, in: Filmdienst, nr. 19 (13. September), 2012 pp. 20-21

Jörg Marsilius, Cineastische Albträume, in: Filmdienst, nr. 19 (13. September), 2012 pp. 22-24

Reviews

Kim Newman, The Dark Knight Rises, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 9 (September), 2012 pp. 88-89

Nev Pierce, The dark knight rises, in: Empire, nr. 279 (September), 2012 pp. 54-57

Frank Schnelle, The Dark Knight Rises, in: epd Film, nr. 8, 2012 pp. 41

Horst Peter Koll, The Dark Knight Rises, in: Filmdienst, nr. 16 (2. August), 2012 pp. 33-34