The film is still as dark and gritty as you would expect, but it definitely transfers into a more improbable space than the previous films. For instance, Bruce Wayne has seemed to let himself go in the last 8 years. When he first appears on screen he appears to be a mere shadow of his former self and is even dependent on a cane to get around. Yet, he easily leaps a few floors out of a window to pay a visit to a hospitalized friend a few short segments later. Another concept that asks the audience to suspend belief is a ploy masterminded by Bane.

Using Bruce Wayne’s fingerprints, (acquired early in the film) Bane and his mercenaries storm the stock exchange and bankrupt Mr. Wayne. Wait a second… the stock exchange gets overrun by a hostile force complete with gunfire, hostages and very dramatic chase sequence. Multiple people witness the invaders monkeying about with the computers and within 12 hours Bruce is Bankrupt?! Wayne Enterprises must have the world’s lousiest team of corporate lawyers since Dewey, Cheatem & Howeon retainer to let that pass.

Cliché moments are also more abundant than usual. Having the hero pierced in the side by a dagger only to sit still doing absolutely nothing while the villain explains their hidden agenda just feels a little too contrived. Another moment appears in the form of taking a time-out to share a slow wet kiss, with less than 2 minutes to stop a nuclear bomb from leveling Gotham City.

Am I also the only one who noticed that even though 3,000 police officers were trapped for 3 months, they didn’t gain any facial hair during their imprisonment? If I seem to be focusing on the flaws, it’s only because I can’t recall any of these types of moments in either of the previous films; not sure how they slipped by this time around.