After seeing "Batman Begins" in 2005, I knew any follow up would be good as long as Nolan and Bale were a part of it, but I had no idea that it could be this good. Very rarely are sequels anywhere near as good as the original, but "The Dark Knight" is better than "Batman Begins", and much better than any other Batman movie that has ever been made. It's dark, it's violent, it's everything a Batman movie should be. Even if you aren't a Batman fan, there is a good chance that you will like "The Dark Knight", because it's more of a 'crime drama' than anything else, it just happens to feature characters from the Batman universe.