A terrifying bank heist announces the arrival of Batman’s ultimate nemesis in Gotham; The Joker (Heath Ledger) holds the city to ransom with an increasingly volatile campaign of violence and terror.
Meanwhile, good-willed, coin-flipping district attorney politician Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) heads up a political campaign to rid Gotham of its corrosive crime wave – bringing both Harvey ‘Two-Face’ and Batman on a collision course with the ultimate agent of destructive chaos.
The rare superior sequel, this blockbuster thriller is widely considered an all-time cinema great, with Heath Ledger winning a posthumous Oscar for his chillingly transformative turn. Deftly taking inspiration from Michael Mann’s seminal heist classic Heat, the second in Christopher Nolan’s Caped Crusader trilogy is arguably Batman’s finest cinematic hour.