By skyforbes 
The trailer begins with Batman (Christian Bale) on top of a skyscraper, brooding over the city skyline. And then, he jumped!
It cuts to daytime. You hear the now iconic voice of the Joker (Heath Ledger), “Where do we begin? A year ago, these cops and lawyers wont dare cross any of you. What happened?”
You see Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and a few city cops step out from their vehicles.
You see a long table. It’s like a board meeting. You see a group of men wearing suits. It’s the Mob.
“So what are you proposing?” asked one Mom boss.
“It’s simple, kill the Batman,” Joker said.
“Hee!-Hee! He! He! He!”
It cuts to a large police gathering. Maybe it’s a feast or a flag ceremony. But then…
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Chaos ensues as you hear gunfire. The police ducked down and ran to the side.
“Hee!-Hee! He! He! He!”
You see a large building EXPLODE and ENGULF in FLAMES.
BOOOOM!
It cuts back to the ‘Mob Board Meeting.’
“Here’s my card,” Joker pulls out a single Joker playing card from his coat.
It cuts to a fancy dining place. Bruce Wayne walked in with an unknown, gorgeous date. Rachel (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is already seated on a date with Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart).
“Bruce,” Rachel smiled. “This is Harvey Dent.”
Harvey smiled, “Rachel told me everything about you.”
Bruce smiled, “I surely hope not.”
Right off the bat, this feels like a ‘cooler’ movie than Batman Begins. But make no mistake about it, the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy is a massive financial success.
Batman Begins — Budget: $150 million — Box Office: $375 million
The Dark Knight — Budget: $185 million — Box Office: $1 Billion
Dark Knight Rises — Budget: $300 million — Box Office: $1.1 Billion
It cuts to Batman in an alley riding a motorcycle called the Batpod. He fired a missile from it.
Boom!
You get a large explosion from the alley as debris flew off on the streets.
It cuts to Bruce Wayne brooding over the city skyline. Rachel came in from behind him. “You once told me we’d be together,” Bruce told her. “Did you mean it?”
“Bruce,” Rachel looked away, bad sign, “don’t make me your only hope for a normal life.”
Harvey Dent fetched Rachel from Bruce on the rooftop. As they walked away, Rachel did look back once, looking at Bruce. It’s a sad love story. Rachel wants a normal life, too. She wants a normal relationship. She can’t have that with a vigilante boyfriend.
Back at the party, “You’re Alfred, right?” Harvey asked Alfred (Michael Caine).
“That’s right,” Alfred smiled.
“Any psychotic ex boyfriends I should be aware about?” Harvey ‘jokingly’ asked.
“Oh! You have NO idea,” Alfred ‘jokingly’ answered.
It cuts to Batman CRASHING down onto a grey sedan. It SQUASHED the car like an empty soda can. Shards of glass (the windows and windshield) EXPLODE into pieces.
The screen turned black, but you heard the voice of the Joker, “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!”
BOOOOOM!
You hear the loud BOOM of a shotgun as the scene comes back. Joker is now inside the fancy party. He shot the shotgun at the ceiling as he walked in. A group of his henchmen, all wearing bald clown costumes, rushed in.
“We are tonight’s ENTERTAINMENT!” Joker declared.
Joke walked toward Rachel. He did the now iconic combing of his hair using a knife. “Well hello, beautiful,” Joker said. He pointed the knife at Rachel, “You look nervous.”
It cuts to Batman brooding again on top of another skyscraper. “I’ve seen now what I have to become to stop men like him.”
It cuts to Bruce Wayne looking disappointed as he watches the TV alone. It cuts to what Bruce is watching. It’s a press conference with Harvey Dent, the police, and the media. “The night is darkest, just before the dawn,” he said. “But I promise you, the dawn is coming!”
It cuts to a large explosion.
It cuts to Harvey on the streets ducking down as he heard he explosion.
It cuts to Joker burning a mountain of cash.
It cuts to Bruce Wayne checking out the New Bat Suit.
It cuts to Joker walking alone in the street. “And here, we, GO!”
It cuts to the Batmobile and the Batpod.
It cuts to Joker shooting with an AK-47.
It cuts to like an 18-wheeler semi-truck doing a front flip. Holy sh**. I’ve never seen anything like that, or since.
“This city deseves a better classic criminal,” Joker said. “And I’m gonna give it to them.”
It cuts to an axe, maybe Joker’s axe, destroying the spotlight that calls on the Bat signal.
It cuts to Joker in prison, but he is applauding, for some reason.
It cuts to Joker pushing Rachel from the top of a building.
It cuts to a car chase with the Batmobile and police cars. A missile hits the Batmobile on the side.
BOOOOOM!
Large EXPLOSION and FLAMES. The Batmobile jumped up but landed cleanly despite the explosion.
It cuts back to the fancy dinner. “You either die a hero,” Harvey Dent said. “Or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
It cuts to Batman flying across the night skyline.
The trailer ends with Alfred and Bruce. “Would you be wanting the Batpod, Sir?” Alfred asked.
“Middle of the day, Alfred, not very subtle,” Bruce said.
“The Lamborghini then,” Alfred said as it cuts to a midnight black Lambo ZOOMING down the streets of Gotham. “Much more subtle.”
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