The Dark Knight Rises

Overview
The Dark Knight Rises, the third film of the trilogy, follows Bruce Wayne after the events of The Dark Knight. The viewer sees Gotham mourning the death of Harvey Dent, the only real man who has ever been able to stand up to crime in the city. Although the viewer knows of the evils Harvey has committed from viewing the previous film, the citizens of Gotham still see the pure man that he was before he changed. Bruce and Jim Gordon cannot speak of the evils they witnessed, as the thought of Harvey brings hope to the citizens of Gotham. The Dark Knight Rises follows Batman's conflict with the main villain, Bane, who was excommunicated from the League of Shadows.

Bruce teams up with Catwoman, who works on both sides of the conflict, to track down Bane. Catwoman ends up tricking Bruce into a fight with Bane, where Bruce loses the fight as Bane breaks his back. After his defeat, Bruce is sent to the Pit with a broken body and spirit.

Also during this time, Miranda Tate uses her influence over Bruce and the company to help provide Bane with weapons and a potential nuclear threat (a generator that will explode at some time after being removed from base). However, these intentions of Miranda are not revealed until later in the film.

While watching the news while in the Pit, Bruce regains his spirit and eventually escapes too return to Gotham for one last fight. With the help of Jim Gordon, Bruce is able to round up an army of cops to fight against Bane and his men. Bruce defeats Bane in this fight before being betrayed by Miranda Tate. Miranda then leaves to go make sure nobody can stop the dirty bomb. Catwoman returns to save Bruce from Bane, killing Bane in the process. Afterwards, Bruce and Catwoman go stop Miranda, as she dies at the wheel of the truck transporting the bomb. Bruce flies out into the horizion with the bomb attached the Bat, an airborne version of the Batmobile. It appears that Bruce sacrifices his life in the Bat as the bomb explodes out in the distance.

Later on, Lucius Fox finds out that Bruce Wayne had made changes to the Bat on the day of his death to create an autopilot feature, hinting that Bruce survived. Then, Alfred sees Bruce with Selina (Catwoman) at a cafe in Florence to finish the film.