Batman: The Dark Knight (2008) may be director Christopher Nolan's best work yet. Throw in a good plot, superb acting, transfixing special effects, and side-splitting action and you've got yourself every cent's worth of some reel time. The story follows Batman (Christian Bale), troubled and still in love with former love, Rachel (Maggy Gyllenhaal), and fighting crime even when the people in Gotham City thinks ill of him, district attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), whose brilliance is responsible for putting half of the city's criminals behind bars in one trial, will fall prey to the Joker's crude and dark means of proving that even the innocent can be evil, and the Joker himself.

The Joker this time is played by Heath Ledger. His last performance and he did not disappoint. It's easy to see why critics are already saying he is going to get nominations on his acting, which could only be summed up as top-notch. He is so making former Joker actor, Jack Nicholson, a run for his money.

To round things up, The Dark Knight is the superhero movie of all superhero movies. This one will take you in for real. The Dark Knight sets the standard of what a superhero movie should be and then surpasses it.