The Dark Knight takes comic book characters and plants them firmly in the real world. Revealing a Gotham defined by human flaws and plummeting into freefall. That realism puts it head and shoulders above almost anything else and redefines a genre.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Sep 14, 2024

With a memorable performance from Heath Ledger, masterful direction from Nolan, and bold storytelling, this film stands out as one of the best comic book adaptations in film history. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 10/10 | Mar 11, 2024

It doesn’t matter how many superhero movies its crosstown rival makes; it’ll never match the brilliance that Nolan delivered the same year Marvel began its infinite project. Firing on all cylinders … this is the most complete film Nolan has ever made.

| Oct 17, 2023

For the longest time, I’ve viewed this film as the Godfather of live-action Batman films.

| Sep 26, 2023

The pinnacle of Nolan’s career so far, The Dark Knight is one of the most impressionable films of the 21st century (and one of the best).

| Jul 20, 2023

An incomparable crime thriller and superhero film, and an instant classic in both genres

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 21, 2022

A masterpiece within or outside the superhero & comic book genre it explores. Heath Ledger delivers one of the most iconic performances in film history. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 16, 2021

A rare beast. It's a summer blockbuster with equal parts brain and brawn.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

The famous masked vigilante has never looked or felt more intense.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 28, 2020

With his smeared whiteface make-up and leering razor-slashed smile, Ledger's Joker is creepy enough to look at, but what he represents is even more chilling.

| Nov 15, 2020

The awards hype is warranted.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

The Dark Knight managed to capture something complex and instinctive about the "war on terror" era.

| Sep 1, 2020

A masterpiece. Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is not only one of the greatest comic book movies you'll ever see, but also one of the best films of all-time.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 15, 2020

It seems almost cruel to take beloved child archetypes and turn them into projections for adult angst.

| Jan 28, 2020

Heath Ledger gives one of the best performances of the last twenty years. When you watch his take on the Joker, it's one of complete surprise and mystery. It's frightening with how chaotic and mischievous he makes him.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 21, 2019

Ledger's performance alone is good enough to make The Dark Knight a very good movie, but fortunately this is a film with even more than that -- making it the not just the best film of the summer, but one of the best films of the year.

| Original Score: A | Oct 29, 2019

The Dark Knight represents a masterpiece in filmmaking as Christopher Nolan takes the Batman Begins sequel to an entirely new level.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 22, 2019

The definitive movie of its genre and the best Batman film to date

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 5, 2019

Heath Ledger is great.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 15, 2019

The movie's a real neo-noir all right, wallowing in darkness, thrilled with how bad we are, and getting such a kick out of our impending doom it cheers you right up.

| Nov 2, 2018