Heath Ledger's joker completely dominates the movie taking a comic book villan and turning him into a believable real world evil. The movie's dark story line is a perfect backdrop for Ledger's homicidal joker. The rest of the acting was okay. The action scenes were great. The only minus was that the movie was a tad long, however, the story does come to an eventual close and is a great starting point for the next movie in the series. So if you want to escape into the darkness of Gotham City for 2.5 hours, I highly recommend this movie. I could have watched Ledger's joker interact with the other characters in the movie all evening. He will be hard to replace in the next movie. Enjoy.