Batman 'The Dark Knight'
Trilogy (6 Disc Box
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Region 2 PAL Version - Brand New, Factory Sealed DVD Set
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Batman
Begins (2005)
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Batman
- The Dark Knight (2008)
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Batman
- The Dark Knight
Rises (2012)
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(6 Disc Set)
These are original and factory sealed.
They are Region 2 PAL and play beautifully on modern
Multi-region DVD players.
Batman Begins:
Editorial Review:
Batman Begins discards the previous four films in the series and
recasts the Caped Crusader as a fearsome avenging angel. That's good
news, because the series, which had gotten off to a rousing start
under Tim Burton, had gradually dissolved into self-parody by 1997's
Batman & Robin. As the title implies, Batman Begins tells the story
anew, when Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) flees Western civilization
following the murder of his parents. He is taken in by a mysterious
instructor named Ducard (Liam Neeson in another mentor role) and
urged to become a ninja in the League of Shadows, but he instead
returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end the mob rule that
is strangling it. But are there forces even more sinister at hand?
Co-written by the team of David S. Goyer (a veteran comic book
writer) and director Christopher Nolan (Memento), Batman Begins is a
welcome return to the grim and gritty version of the Dark Knight,
owing a great debt to the graphic novels that preceded it. It
doesn't have the razzle dazzle, or the mass appeal, of Spider-Man 2
(though the Batmobile is cool), and retelling the origin means it
starts slowly, like most "first" superhero movies. But it's
certainly the best Bat-film since Burton's original, and one of the
best superhero movies of its time. Bale cuts a good figure as
Batman, intense and dangerous but with some of the lightheartedness
Michael Keaton brought to the character. Michael Caine provides much
of the film's humour as the family butler, Alfred, and as the love
interest, Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek) is surprisingly believable
in her first adult role. Also featuring Gary Oldman as the young
police officer Jim Gordon, Morgan Freeman as a Q-like gadgets
expert, and Cillian Murphy as the vile Jonathan Crane. --David Horiuchi
Description:
Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark
Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his
parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne
(Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight
injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He
returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked
crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech
deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.
Cast List:
Christian Bale ... Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine ... Alfred
Liam Neeson ... Henri Ducard
Katie Holmes ... Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman ... Jim Gordon
Cillian Murphy ... Dr. Jonathan Crane
Tom Wilkinson ... Carmine Falcone
Rutger Hauer ... Earle
Ken Watanabe ... Ra's Al Ghul
Mark Boone Junior ... Flass
Director: Christopher
Nolan
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Linus Roache ... Thomas Wayne
Morgan Freeman ... Lucius Fox
Larry Holden ... Finch
Gerard Murphy ... Judge Faden
Colin McFarlane ... Loeb
Sara Stewart ... Martha Wayne
Gus Lewis ... Bruce Wayne - age 8
Richard Brake ... Joe Chill
Rade Serbedzija ... Homeless Man
Emma Lockhart ... Rachel Dawes - age 8
Christine Adams ... Jessica |
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The Dark Knight:
Editorial Review: |
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The Dark Knight arrives with tremendous hype (best superhero
movie ever? posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?), and
incredibly, it lives up to all of it. But calling it the best
superhero movie ever seems like faint praise, since part of
what makes the movie great--in addition to pitch-perfect
casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision--is that
it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre
and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart)
is Gotham City's new district attorney, charged with cleaning
up the crime rings that have paralysed the city. He enters an
uneasy alliance with the young police lieutenant, Jim Gordon
(Gary Oldman), and Batman (Christian Bale), the caped
vigilante who seems to trust only Gordon--and whom only Gordon
seems to trust. They make progress until a psychotic and
deadly new player enters the game: the Joker (Heath Ledger),
who offers the crime bosses a solution--kill the Batman.
Further complicating matters is that Dent is now dating Rachel
Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, after Katie Holmes turned down the
chance to reprise her role), the long-time love of Batman's
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In his last completed role before his tragic death, Ledger is
fantastic as the Joker, a volcanic, truly frightening force of evil.
And he sets the tone of the movie: the world is a dark, dangerous
place where there are no easy choices. Eckhart and Oldman also
shine, but as good as Bale is, his character turns out rather bland
in comparison (not uncommon for heroes facing more colourful
villains).
Director/co-writer Christopher Nolan (Memento) follows his
critically acclaimed Batman Begins with an even better sequel that
sets itself apart from notable superhero movies like
Spider-Man 2 and
Iron Man because of its sheer emotional impact and striking
sense of realism--there are no suspension-of-disbelief superpowers
here. It's much too
intense for kids. But for most movie fans--and not just superhero
fans--The Dark Knight is a film for the ages. --David Horiuchi
Description:
Director
Christopher Nolan (The Prestige) returns to Gotham City with
this sequel to the critically-acclaimed fan favourite, Batman
Begins. In The Dark Knight, Batman (Christian Bale, – American
Psycho) squares off against a new, completely psychotic foe:
the Joker (Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain). However, the
Dark Knight finds himself fighting a battle on two fronts when
he learns that a prominent political figure named Harvey Dent
(Aaron Eckhart, Thank You For Smoking) is concealing a
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The follow-up to
Batman Begins, The Dark
Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan and star
Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in his
continuing war on crime.
With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent,
Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The
triumvirate proves effective, but soon find themselves prey to a
rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker, who thrusts Gotham
into anarchy and forces Batman closer to crossing the fine line
between hero and vigilante.
Heath Ledger stars as arch villain The Joker, and Aaron Eckhart
plays Dent. Maggie Gyllenhaal joins the cast as Rachel Dawes.
Returning from Batman Begins are Gary Oldman as Gordon, Michael
Caine as Alfred and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox.
Cast List:
Christian Bale ... Bruce Wayne/Batman
Heath Ledger ... The Joker
Aaron Eckhart ... Harvey Dent / Two-Face
Michael Caine ... Alfred Pennyworth
Maggie Gyllenhaal ... Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman ... James Gordon
Morgan Freeman ... Lucius Fox
Director: Christopher
Nolan
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Monique Curnen ... Det. Anna
Ramirez
Ron Dean ... Detective Wuertz
Cillian Murphy ... Scarecrow
Chin Han ... Lau
Nestor Carbonell ... Mayor Anthony Garcia
Eric Roberts ... Salvatore Maroni
Ritchie Coster ... The Chechen
Anthony Michael Hall ... Mike Engel |
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The Dark Knight Rises:
Editorial Review:
Of all the "most anticipated" movies ever claiming that title, it's
hard to imagine one that has caused so much speculation and
breathless expectation as Christopher Nolan's final chapter to his
magnificently brooding Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Though
it may not rise to the level of the mythic grandeur of its
predecessor, The Dark Knight Rises is a truly magnificent work of
cinematic brilliance that commandingly completes the cycle and is as
heavy with literary resonance as it is of-the-moment insight into
the political and social affairs unfolding on the world stage. That
it is also a full-blown and fully realized epic crime drama packed
with state-of-the-art action relying equally on immaculate CGI
fakery and heart-stopping practical effects and stunt work makes its
entrée into blockbuster history worthy of all the anticipation and
more. It deserves all the accolades it will get for bringing an
opulently baroque view of a comic book universe to life with
sinister effectiveness.
Set eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, TDK Rises finds
Bruce Wayne broken in spirit and body from his moral and physical
battle with the Joker. Gotham City is at peace primarily because
Batman took the fall for Harvey Dent's murder, allowing the former
district attorney's memory to remain as a crime-fighting hero rather
than the lunatic destructor he became as Two-Face. But that meant
Batman's cape and cowl wound up in cold storage--perhaps for
good--with only police commissioner Jim Gordon in possession of the
truth.
The threat that faces Gotham now is by no means new; as deployed by
the intricate script that weaves themes first explored in Batman
Begins, fundamental conflicts that predate his own origins are at
the heart of the ultimate struggle that will leave Batman and his
city either triumphant or in ashes. It is one of the movie's
greatest achievements that we really don't know which way it will
end up until its final exhilarating moments.
Intricate may be an understatement in the construction of the script
by Nolan and his brother Jonathan. The multilayered story includes a
battle for control of Wayne Industries and the decimation of Bruce
Wayne's personal wealth; a destructive yet potentially earth-saving
clean energy source; a desolate prison colony on the other side of
the globe; terrorist attacks against people, property, and the
world's economic foundation; the redistribution of wealth to the 99
percent; and a virtuoso jewel thief who is identified in every way
except name as Catwoman. Played with saucy fun and sexy danger by
Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle is sort of the catalyst (!) for all the
plot threads, especially when she whispers into Bruce's ear at a
charity ball some prescient words about a coming storm that will
tear Gotham asunder.
As unpredictable as it is sometimes hard to follow, the winds of
this storm blow in a raft of diverse and extremely compelling new
characters (including Selina Kyle) who are all part of a dance that
ends with the ballet of a cataclysmic denouement. Among the new
faces are Marion Cotillard as a green-energy advocate and Wayne
Industries board member and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a devoted Gotham
cop who may lead Nolan into a new comic book franchise. The hulking
monster Bane, played by Tom Hardy with powerful confidence even
under a clawlike mask, is so much more than a villain (and the
toughest match yet for Batman's prowess). Though he ends up being
less important to the movie's moral themes and can't really match
Heath Ledger's maniacal turn as Joker, his mesmerizing swagger and
presence as demonic force personified are an affecting counterpoint
to the moral battle that rages within Batman himself. Christian Bale
gives his most dynamic performance yet as the tortured hero, and
Michael Caine (Alfred), Gary Oldman (Gordon), and Morgan Freeman (Lucius
Fox) all return with more gravitas and emotional weight than ever
before. Then there's the action.
Punctuated by three or four magnificent set pieces, TDKR deftly
mixes the cinematic process of providing information with punches of
pow throughout (an airplane-to-airplane kidnap/rescue, an
institutional terrorist assault and subsequent chase, and the
choreographed crippling of an entire city are the above-mentioned
highlights). The added impact of the movie's extensive Imax footage
ups the wow factor, all of it kinetically controlled by Nolan and
his top lieutenants Wally Pfister (cinematography), Hans Zimmer
(composer), Lee Smith (editor), and Nathan Crowley and Kevin
Kavanaugh (production designers). The best recommendation TDKR
carries is that it does not leave one wanting for more. At 164
minutes, there's plenty of nonstop dramatic enthrallment for a
single sitting. More important, there's a deep sense of satisfaction
that The Dark Knight Rises leaves as the fulfilling conclusion to an
absorbing saga that remains relevant, resonant, and above all
thoroughly entertaining. --Ted Fry
Description:
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night,
turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame
for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed
everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the
greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in
Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.
But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar
with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the
emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for
Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he
dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.
Extra Content
The Journey of The Dark Knight Character - Ending the Knight. Get
insight into story and thematic choices that structured the final
chapter of Bruce Wayne's journey as Batman. Supported by interviews
with Christopher Nolan, Jonah Nolan and David Goyer
Cast List:
Christian Bale ... Bruce Wayne
Gary Oldman ... Commissioner Gordon
Tom Hardy ... Bane
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... Blake
Anne Hathaway ... Selina
Marion Cotillard ... Miranda
Morgan Freeman ... Fox
Michael Caine ... Alfred
Matthew Modine ... Foley
Alon Aboutboul ... Dr. Pavel
Ben Mendelsohn ... Daggett
Burn Gorman ... Stryver
Daniel Sunjata ... Captain Jones
Aidan Gillen ... CIA Op
Sam Kennard ... Special Ops Sergeant
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Encoding:
Region 2 PAL
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Format:
Colour, Closed-captioned, Dolby Digital 5.1, 16:9 Enhanced Widescreen
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Available subtitles: English
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Languages: English
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Rated:
M
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Studio:
Warner Home Video
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Release Date: 3 Dec 2012
Number of Discs : 6 |
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