Rating: 3.5/4
TDKR is a relentless and pulse-elevating first hour (which is also the best part of the movie), and a action-and-spectacle loaded final hour, with about 45 min of mediocre connecting material. It is this mediocrity that prevents it from being a great movie.
The prologue, a wow-evoking episode that gives us a taste of the super-villain, sets the bar at an all-time high; and it is from here that the story kicks off. Batman has retired and the crime is at an all-time low in Gotham, but as it turns out, its just the calm before the Bane - a terrorist with one objective: bringing down Gotham. So Bruce Wayne is persuaded one last time to don the mask to fight someone who is his superior in physical strength and resources. Nolan's vision and and Tom Hardy's protrayal have created not just a terrorist, but a terror; though not as iconic as the Joker, Bane's delivery of anarchy is more terrifying and at the same time, awe-inspiring.
In one deft move, he immobilizes the police force, breaks Batman and establishes himself as the protector of anarchy.
Trouble starts when Bane achieves his objective; barely anything interesting happens next - The police are trapped, Batman is helpless, Catwoman is not important anymore and, Gordon and his protege are too outnumbered to do anything credible. Nolan depends on Han's Zimmer score to alleviate this mediocrity; I guess it did not work because I was looking forward to Batman's return. Luckily, he did not disappoint; he and his BatMobile delivered the much needed bang.
Though the execution was partially flawed, the scope and ambition of this movie elevates it to a 3.5/4 stars rating
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