I normally do more extensive write ups for Bravo Design, Inc.’s featured film of the week, but I can’t this time. Up until this point, I’ve avoided trailers, reviews and any potential spoiler alerts for The Dark Knight Rises like landmines. I don’t want to know. But if you absolutely need the rundown, here’s what I do know.

Set eight years after The Dark Knight, when Batman (Christian Bale) went into exile assuming the blame for the death of Harvey Dent, things are better in Gotham. Crime is down, and the city is prosperous. That probably lasts until about six seconds past when Bane’s (Tom Hardy) plane lands, and he delivers his reckoning on the city’s inhabitants. Why? No clue. In the superhero universe, nothing good ever lasts. The underlying irony is that Batman will have to protect the very people that branded him the enemy. Someone [the Joker] predicted this would happen.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times writes, “A disturbing experience we live through as much as a film we watch, this dazzling conclusion to director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is more than an exceptional superhero movie, it is masterful filmmaking by any standard.”

TDKR has its sights on topping The Avengers’ $209M domestic opening but is expected to open somewhere between $190M and $200M. TDKR is only showing in 2D format, so we’re all curious to see if that’ll have affect the final numbers by several million dollars.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime // Runtime: 2 hr. 44 min. // Starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine // Directed by: Christopher Nolan // Written by: Jonathan Nolan, David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan // Produced by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, DC Entertainment and Syncopy // Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures