The Dark Knight Rises: 10 Mysteries The Film Must Answer

By Stuart W. Bedford /

7. What Has Become of Victor Zsasz?

Nolan has had so much online criticism for forgetting (or simply not bothering) to tie up the fate of Victor Szasz that I€™m almost convinced that he€™ll address this somewhere in TDKR. In the comic-book world he€™s just another villain, albeit one of the darker ones; a serial murderer that cuts marks onto his body to tally his kills. But Nolan cast him in a role that saw him murder Joe Chill (who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne, remember) in Batman Begins to stop him testifying against Carmine Falcone. Essentially in Nolan€™s world Szazs is the guy who stole Bruce Wayne€™s revenge from him. So coming from a story perspective, as Szasz is now such a lynchpin element of the protagonist€™ backstory I€™m feeling the need to know what€™s become of him.