12 years after its release, I kind of wish The Dark Knight Rises kept a brutal death scene that was ultimately cut from the DC movie. The Dark Knight Rises is the third installment in Christopher Nolan's timeless Dark Knight franchise and brought Christian Bale's tenure as the Caped Crusader to a definitive end. The Dark Knight Rises was the highest-grossing of the trilogy, raking in $1.08 billion worldwide after Batman Begins and The Dark Knight established a grittier take on the hero that landed well with audiences and has defined much of Batman's live-action history.

This grittiness was perfectly embodied by Bane - a hulking villain whose brutality was just as memorable as his character design. The visceral scene in which he breaks Batman's back remains one of the franchise's most unforgettable and exemplifies the darker tone of the franchise. Nevertheless, Bane would later be sidelined by the movie's true arch-villain: Talia Al Ghul.