Dark Knight, a masterly written cat & mouse thriller, begins with the antagonist's introduction, mind-blowing intro for the villain till date.
The bank robbery clearly exposes the Joker's characteristics and what he is capable of. Heath Ledger's top-notch and commendable acting paves the way for the film's epic status. Every scene he appears in is a blast and a chaotic aesthetic to watch; his nuances of teasing others are eye-grabbing sights (especially when he struggles to remember Rachel's name to Harvey at the hospital is cunningly clever).
As a story, Dark Knight is a bloody brilliant cat and mouse thriller(though it seems over the top in some places...let it be it's a superhero movie). Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale)billionaire by day and a vigilante at night(Batman) wants to retire and hand over his mantle to the next, and wants a peaceful life with Rachel(Maggie Gyllenhaal), his childhood sweetheart. There enters district attorney Harvey Dent(Aaron Eckhart), who wants a crime-free Gotham.
When Batman gives him Lau a businessman with criminal inclination, Joker sets foot who unleashes a new crime wave on Gotham and terrorises the people. Harvey and Batman, and Gordon(Gary Oldman) try their best and trick the mastermind Joker into custody, only to be outplayed by him.
Batman pays a heavy price for this, Rachel dies, Dent is severely burned, and Gotham's people who once worshipped Batman now hate him and want to unmask and outcast him.
The climax face-off is speechless, though Joker is arrested and incarcerated for his crime, but he made sure he destroyed Batman's principle of no-killing by making the Dark Knight kill Gotham's White Knight.
"Not the hero Gotham deserved, but it needed."
