Dark Knight Rises, The

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Synopsis

Action. Based on characters appearing in comics published by DC Comics. Eight years after the death of Harvey Dent, Batman (Christian Bale) emerges from exile to face Bane (Tom Hardy), who plans to destroy Gotham City in a reign of terror.

Content elements

• Infrequent profanity, mild cursing, and mild vulgar expressions
• Frequent weapons and hand-to-hand violence in an action context – detail and impact
• Infrequent portrayals of violent deaths and corpses – some detail

Thematic elements

• The legacy of anger
• Social responsibility versus self-interest
• Justice and revenge

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for brutal genre violence

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