Details have emerged about both The Dark Knight Rises prologue, and the character of Bane. It’s spoiler-y, too, if all this turns out to be true…
Potential spoilers lie ahead.
Those of you who catch an IMAX screening of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol next month will, as you might already know, also be treated to a six minute prologue to next summer’s The Dark Knight Rises.
Whilst details of what’s contained in said prologue have been kept under wraps, a source for the website Rama’s Screen claims to have seen it, and has offered a description.
We can’t tell you one way or the other whether this is true, and figured it best to be up front about that. But, to be on the safe side, if you don’t want spoilers, it’s best to look away now…
According to the site, the prologue covers one of the assassinations ordered by Ra’s al Ghul. “A mind-blowing action sequence set aside the Hercules plane, involving some innovative camera work, a la Inception’s hallway fight scene”, it says.
The scene sees Bane and his crew hijacking a military plane, that happens to be carrying a nation’s dictator. Bane “successfully kills the leader, but makes some mistakes along the way and is unable to safely land the plane. Because of the resulting injuries from the accident, he has to undergo complicated surgeries, and that is how he winds up with that scar down his neck, and the need for the mask to numb the pain”.
Rama's Screen’s source also suggests that the backstory of Bane has been altered. Now, he’s raised by Ra’s al Ghul, and “his upbringing mirrors that of Bruce Wayne”.
Working for the League Of Shadows, “he kills political figures that are deemed unfit”, and “he comes to Gotham to start a revolution by revealing the cover up dealing with Harvey Dent”, along with “killing the Mayor, among other key political figures”.
Make of all of that what you will. You can find more details at Rama’s Screen, here.
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