The Knight is Darkest just before The Dawn.

The Dark Knight Rises: Will someone Kill the Batman? You'll find out! The last installment of Christopher Nolan's epic trilogy of the Caped Crusader comes to an end with a lot of loose ends to tie. The regulars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman returned to head the cast and the newcomers include Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This film introduces us to one of Batman's more intimidating villains, Bane. Played by Tom Hardy (Inception, Warrior), Bane is huge, strong, powerful, mean, and, to Batman's disadvantage--well-trained. He, along with a posse of outlaws, strive to take over the city of Gotham and they believe they have Batman's weaknesses figured out. Beside the villain there's always a girl to catch Bruce Wayne's eye, this time there's two; Anne Hathaway plays Selina, a conniving, agile, sweet-talking thief with "cat-like" reflexes and Marion Cotillard (Inception, Midnight In Paris) is Miranda, a board member at Wayne Enterprises.
        Eight years have passed since Harvey Dent was killed and Bruce Wayne has become a recluse in his mansion recovering from a leg injury as well as past traumas. His loyal butler, Alfred (Michael Caine) keeps watch over him during this time and provides his usual parables of strength and overcoming hardships. Meanwhile, with Dent gone along with his message of hope, Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) is struggling with his police department to restore order in Gotham. Very early in the movie we are introduced to Bane and his action-packed skills and persuading leadership as he doesn't joke around and attempts to overpower Gotham's finest. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Officer Blake, a rookie on the force with the heart of the police chief. His goal is to get through to the real Bruce Wayne and reintroduce him to who he truly is.
      This movie had all the explosions and fast-paced fight scenes one looks forward to in a Batman movie but even though it may be appropriate to compare movies in a trilogy to each other, do not walk in the theater still thinking of The Dark Knight. It's not, No it's not. Tom Hardy is not Heath Ledger and Officer Blake is not Harvey Dent. This movie revolves around the struggle of Bruce Wayne finding the strength to put the cape back on and avenging his parents once again while the police force is reconstructing altogether under new leadership. Keep an open mind while watching.
      It may not keep you on edge as the second movie did and I feel it did fall apart a bit with the acting, mostly on Joseph Gordon-Levitt's part, and jumps around in the middle with some plot-planning, this was still a quality film for any superhero fan. Grade: B