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foolm0r0n posted...

If you change the numbers around then it's not prisoner's dilemma anymore. For example the Dark Knight situation is not a prisoner's dilemma, since double cooperation was the best option for everyone involved. Double cooperation needs to be worse than single betrayal for it to be the real dilemma.

In theory it does apply because The Joker was going to kill them all himself once time expired and Betray was the only means to survive. The bigger reasons it doesn't apply are:

1. The hope Batman would save them (which he did)
2. The fact that whoever pushes the button is actively a murderer no matter how you slice it
3. You have to trust that the Joker didn't lie about who had whose bomb, which is shit he's constantly done throughout the movie.