The man suspected of killing 12 people at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises is alleged to have cried: "I am the joker" before opening fire...
Concluding the Nolan Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises does not have the element of surprise inherent in Batman Begins and had to follow the near-perfect The Dark Knight. To its credit, it almost succeeds blending state-of-the-art direction techniques with astounding action and poignant moments of character.