The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

What earned the score

• Catwoman as Action Fighter

  Catwoman joins the physical action, beating people down, kicking someone with her stiletto, and blowing up a building. The film places a woman in a traditionally male combat role.

Details

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Starring

Christian BaleGary OldmanTom HardyJoseph Gordon-LevittAnne Hathaway

Director

Christopher Nolan

Writer

Bob KaneJonathan NolanChristopher NolanDavid S. Goyer

Genre

ActionCrimeThriller

Release Date

Jul 17, 2012

Parents Guide

• Sex Mild

  Two characters kiss.

  Catwoman wears a skintight catsuit which emphasizes her figure. During the climax, she rides the batpod in a leaned over position. At times, the camera focuses on her rear.

  Bruce Wayne(Christian Bale) and Miranda(Marion Cotillard) kiss, and the scene cuts to them lying together under a sheet near a fire. Only their bare shoulders are visible. They talk briefly, the woman adjusts the fire, and they lie down and kiss again before the scene ends. Sexual activity is implied, and no nudity is shown.

• Violence Moderate

  Many fights with fists and firearms. Blood shown.

  Bane breaks the necks of several people (the bodies drop dead).

  Bane steals army tanks and uses them against the police and citizens, killing many people (bloody wounds are on the faces and chests of bodies lying in the street).

  Characters drain blood from a body into another.

  A character is killed with a missile.

  A character is killed in a truck crash.

  Men are shown hanging by the neck from a bridge in the distance.

  A character falls through ice into a frozen river.

  Characters fight with tanks, rifles and grenades.

  A character stabs Batman.

• Profanity Mild

  'd**khead' is said once.

  's**t' is said once.

  'godd**n' is said once.

  'b**ch' is said.

  'Hell' is said.

  'd**n' is said.

  'b**tard' is said once.

  'Balls' is said.

  Jesus used as an exclamation.

  Obscenities include 1 use of "god d**n," 2 uses of "b**ch," 8 uses of "hell," 2 uses of "d**n," 1 use of "b**tard," and 1 use of "balls,".

• Drugs Mild

  Characters drink whiskey, wine and sherry.

• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  Bane is very dominant and aggressive.

  Thugs drag rich people from their homes and take them to a commercial building where they are sentenced to death; they are forced at gunpoint to walk onto a frozen river and most of the people fall through the ice (presumably drowning).

  The film explores themes of fear, loss, and the corrupting influence of power, all of which contribute to its dark atmosphere.

  The film depicts Gotham City under siege by Bane and his forces, creating a sense of despair and hopelessness.

  In a prison there is violence and screaming.

  Bane breaks Batman's back.

  A bomb explodes, appearing to kill Batman (it is later revealed that he survived).

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