Heath Ledger was brilliant in this movie! He went to the depths of this character to portray a sick, devious mind. He was great. Christian Bale did an outstanding job as Batman as well. I have never seen Batman so "dark". I thought the movie went a little long. I thought it could have ended when the DA's character turned into Two-Face and they could have began the next movie with that character. I would recommend that this movie not be seen by kids under thirteen because it is sooo dark almost depressing at some points. But it was action packed with great sound effects, fighting and car chasing if you like that.