What's it about? Christopher Nolan wraps up his Dark Knight trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises, as terrorist Bane promises to bring anarchy to Gotham City and Batman comes out of exile to take him on. The plot to turn the city on its head stretches beyond Bane and his henchmen, as Bruce Wayne's past catches up with him. How does it end? After discovering his lover is actually Talia al Ghul, intent on completing her father's work and destroying Gotham, Batman manages to secure the bomb and fly it out to sea by carrying it underneath the Batwing where it detonates. Presumed dead, Alfred sees Bruce and Selina Kyle together in Florence. Why was it controversial? Did Batman die in the explosion? Is his presence with Kyle in Florence an illusion or dream? These and many more ultimately pointless questions were posed by fans and casual filmgoers alike after the release of The Dark Knight Rises. Those who asked these questions no doubt missed the line mentioning that the autopilot had been fixed, although given Nolan's deliberately ambiguous ending for Inception it's perhaps not surprising some thought he was up to the same tricks here.
