he Dark Knight barely slows down to take a breath. I'm not saying the movie is non-stop action (just the opposite, as a matter of fact, which is fine by me because too much action generally indicates a lack of better ideas), but that Nolan has a very structured story on his hands and he just keeps hammering us with new plot divergences, practically daring us to keep up with his tale. Every time we manage to slow down and chill out with all these colorful characters, another crisis or discovery is unleashed and we're tossed down another dark alley.