tom hardy portrayed a character in the dark knight rises 2012
 home media the dark knight rises was released on november 28 2012 in hong kong and new zealand
 emanuel levy and manohla dargis praised the depiction of the characters as possessing both positive and negative aspects such as batmans efforts to end crime provoking unintended consequences and a greater response from criminals dargis believed the dark knights exploration of chaos fear and death following the september 11 attacks in 2001 represented that american movies have entered a new era of ambivalence when it comes to their heroes or maybe just superness