Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-12-08
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Format: PAL
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 146 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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 longtime love of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne.

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 colorful 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. At 152 minutes, it's a shade too long, and 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

DVD 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 dastardly alter-ego known as Two Face.

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Special Features
Disc 1 – Movie with Focus Points

• Gotham Uncovered - Creation of a scene: director Christopher Nolan and creative collaborators unmask the incredible detail and planning behind the film, including stunt staging, filming in IMAX®, and the new Bat-suit and Bat-pod.

  Disc 2 – Special Features

• Batman Tech: the incredible gadgets and tools (in HD)
• Batman Unmasked - The Psychology of The Dark Knight: delve into the psyche of Bruce Wayne and the world of Batman through real-world psychotherapy (in HD)
• Gotham Tonight: 6 episodes of Gotham Cable’s premier news program
• The Galleries – The Joker cards, concept art, poster art, production stills, trailers and TV spots
  

Customer Reviews

Brilliant Movie; Blu-Ray in Variable Aspect Ratio
The movie is great, but this blu-ray comes in a variable aspect ratio, from 2:35:1 to 1:85:1, alternating from thatre and Imax versions...Well, for most people it may look nice, but i didn't like the effect on my 52 inch screen. In wide shots we have a 1:85 aspect ratio and the rest we have the cinemascope effect, so basicaly you see the movie alternating with the black bars and full screen. It looks weird for such a good movie

Amazing
I could not wait for this film to come out in the uk so got it 2weeks early by purchasing the region free usa disc. That is a 3 disc version with the 3rd disc being an SD Digital copy for use on ipods or other media devices.
The quality of the transfer is amazing, in paticular the full screen scenes shot using IMAX cameras, the level on detail when viewing them on a 1080p display is unbelievable.
The film itself is obviously amazing, yes it's long but it's a great script with great a cast and Ledger totally shines as the Joker.
Overall an amazing film and an amazing transfer to blu ray, definatley a disc to demo to anyone still stuck with bog standard dvd.
Buy it!!

The Dark Knight
Guys,

I live in Brazil and would like to know if the BD The Dark Knight (UK) has subtitles in Portuguese. Someone could confirm?

Thank you very much