THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DARK KNIGHT
Type of media Film
Approved Running time 152m 3s
BBFCInsight Contains moderate violence and sustained threat
Director(s) Christopher Nolan
Cast includes Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall, Monique Curnen
Cut This work was passed uncut.
- 12A
- ECI information
BBFCinsight publication date 02/07/2008
Note: The following text may contain spoilers
THE DARK KNIGHT tells the story of Batmans continuing war on crime and in particular his personal battle with the psychotic Joker. It was passed 12A for moderate violence and sustained threat.
The BBFC Guidelines at 12A state that violence must not dwell on detail and that there should be no emphasis on injuries or blood and whilst THE DARK KNIGHT does contain a good deal of violence, all of it fits within that definition. For example, in one of the stronger scenes, Batman repeatedly beats the Joker during an interrogation. The blows however are all masked from the camera and despite both their weight and force; the Joker shows no sign of injury. There are also scenes in which the Joker threatens first a man and then a woman with a knife and whilst these do have a significant degree of menace, without any actual violence shown they were also acceptably placed at 12A. In the final analysis, THE DARK KNIGHT is a superhero movie and the violence it contains exists within that context, with both Batman and the Joker apparently indestructible no matter what is thrown at them.
THE DARK KNIGHT also contains some special make up effects that whilst clearly not real, have the potential to be moderately frightening.
Details
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Brothers
- Classified date(s)
- 25/06/2008
- Main language
- English
- Submitted run time
- 152m 3s
- Approved footage
- 13685+3
- BBFC reference
- BFF244306
- Registration number
- CFJ17397