Dark Knight, The

The follow-up to the action hit <i>Batman Begins</i>, <i>The Dark Knight</i> reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale. Bale once again embodies the man behind the mask. <i>The Dark Knight</i> takes Batman across the world in his quest to fight a growing criminal threat. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman had been making headway against local crime... until a rising criminal mastermind, known as The Joker (Heath Ledger), unleashes a fresh reign of chaos across Gotham City. To stop this devious new menace - Batman's most personal and vicious enemy yet - he will have to use every high-tech weapon in his arsenal and confront everything in which he believes.