Feature Film
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, David S. Goyer
Cinematographers: Wally Pfister
Composers: James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman
Although, perhaps, a slight improvement on the rather silly Batman Begins (2005), Nolan’s painfully long, mildly diverting fantasy film, following the titular vigilante’s battles against a new psychotic menace, the Joker, is a film that suffers from cardboard characters, ostentatious direction, and a terribly bland central performance, but benefits immensely from Ledger’s very entertaining turn, never the less, the whole thing feels rather soulless. Iain.Stott
