The Dark Knight (Batman 85)
Celebrating 85 years of the Caped Crusader!
Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins (2005), Batman (Christian Bale), Lieutenant James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and new District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City, until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as “The Joker” (Heath Ledger) appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman’s struggle against The Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to “confront everything he believes” and improve his technology to stop him.
Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins (2005), Batman (Christian Bale), Lieutenant James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and new District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City, until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as “The Joker” (Heath Ledger) appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman’s struggle against The Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to “confront everything he believes” and improve his technology to stop him.
Cast
Maggie Gyllenhaal • Michael Caine • Christian Bale • Gary Oldman • Heath Ledger • Morgan Freeman • Aaron Eckhart
Director
Christopher Nolan
Running Time
152 minutes