Brutal Batman Theory Makes The Dark Knight Trilogy’s Ending Way Sadder

The Dark Knight Rises set up a hopeful future for Gotham after Batman’s alleged death, but the likelihood of Bruce Wayne’s final plan actually working doesn’t seem too high after the events of Christopher Nolan’s third DC movie. Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Dark Knight trilogy follows Bruce Wayne’s short but grueling stint as Batman, from his training with the League of Shadows to his retirement after defeating Bane. Unlike most other Batman iterations, Christian Bale’s Batman chooses to hang up the cape and pass on the torch to a new hero without supervision at the end of The Dark Knight Rises.