The Dark Knight- Inciting Incident / Reversal

Warner Bros Present: The Dark Knight

Inciting Incident:

When the biggest drug dealers/gangsters of Gotham City are trying to save their money, Mr. Lau, the accountant decides to take all the money and flee to Hong Kong. At this moment, the Joker interrupts their conversation and gives out his suggestions in getting half of the money they earn if they can all kill the Batman. This sets the story out with all the dramatic events taking place later on and how Joker tries to identify who Batman is and tries to kill him.


Reversal:
The Joker’s power began to increase when they were able to intrude into the Bruce Wayne’s party congratulating Harvey Dent. The protagonist identifies the trouble ahead and traps Harvey somewhere the Joker couldn’t find him. At the same period of time, Batman had to save Rachel Dawes from being thrown out of the window. The story goes on with the two characters going on separate directions; Joker being able to cause destruction throughout the city and nearly had two boats full of people being blown up and killed. On the other hand, Batman was playing catch up to Joker, identifying the troubles they were causing and trying to stop destruction before another place gets struck. This led to the death of Rachel and the transformation of Harvey Dent in becoming Two-Face.