Masterful Cast Round off the Batman’s Trilogy Series in The Dark Knight Rises

Anyone following the Batman trilogy starring Christian Bale will agree that director and filmmaker Chris Nolan has offered up a masterful ending to the caped hero.

Unlike other trilogies – or more than that sometimes – the Batman trilogy that began with Batman Begins, followed by The Dark Knight, just kept getting better and better.

In TheDark Knight Rises, it is eight years after his last battle as Batman, and the eccentric billionaire Bruce Wayne is a broken man. He lost the love of his life and has unjustly become Gotham City's pariah. His butler, Alfred, is his only friend. Eventually, he is about to lose his billions as well.

 However, a terror attack on the city brings the caped warrior back in action.

 Tom Hardy plays the new villain, Bane. He rallies criminals against Gotham City. This is the first time Batman has come across anybody who is physically superior. The Bane character presented a different perspective because Batman might not survive the conflict with this person.

 The cast is as impressive as his larger than life story. Anne Hathaway plays Catwoman, Batman’s lithe and limber adversary, and eventual new love interest.

 And this is one of the success stories of Nolan’s trilogy. Christian Bale as Batman doesn’t monopolize the cast. All his adversaries nearly steal the show with their superb acting. Liam Neeson in Batman Begins is simply your classic nemesis. Or who can forget the late Heath Ledger’s role as Joker in The Dark Knight alongside Aaron Eckhart’s role as Two-face?

 Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway continue the line of masterpiece acting that all Batman adversaries have displayed under Nolan’s directorial tutelage.

 Not to mention the fact that Christian Bale isn’t exactly surrounded by wimpy supporting cast either. Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine continue to churn out masterful acting.  

Nolan's cinematography and gritty atmospherics tap into fears of terrorism and economic meltdown. His scenario is post-apocalyptic. Its impact is enhanced by the gargantuan sets, including a plane that breaks apart thousands of feet in the air.

 To be sure, Nolan's Batman films have helped boost the comic book industry. Many now know that the villain Bane was in a Batman comic book, “Knightfall,” around 15 years ago. Nolan also took note that Batman comics were getting darker, so, he did the same with the films. 

  Unlike other super heroes’ alter egos who led a successful double life, Bruce Wayne led a very dark and sad life, with a past he could not move on. This is something most people could always relate to.