Fourth 'The Dark Knight Rises' Trailer is the Best One Yet

By: Greg Payne

The Dark Knight Rises promotional campaign is swinging into full gear with the film's July 20th release date a little over a month away.

While new TV spots and other advertisements have cropped up in recent weeks, a third full-length trailer debuted earlier today, highlighting some tremendous action sequences from the film. I was weary at first about another trailer being unveiled (usually three is the maximum for a blockbuster film, at least domestically), but it's awesome. It really is. And it doesn't include enough snippets of new footage to give away any more of the closely guarded plot. Like I said, it pretty much just highlights most of the action in the film, and some of the sequences look incredible. Take a look for yourself:



Even if this trailer never appeared I obviously still would have excited fro this film and I probably would have seen it multiple times, but this is the first piece of the marketing campaign that has really upped the stakes and reminded us that this is a Christopher Nolan Batman film, and that we should be more than willing to stop whatever we have planned to go and see this thing. The trailer has a great score behind it, it's paced very well and seems to have more explosions than an entire Michael Bay film, and it emits a certain energy that reminds us that this is probably going to be a landmark film that'll demand to be seen.

Whether it's a bruised and battered Bruce Wayne uttering, "I'm not afraid. I'm angry," Joseph Gordon-Levitt bringing a serious, yet calming tone to things, or the subtle humor mixed in, the trailers does a great job of highlighting all of the different aspects of Christopher Nolan's Batman films that have made them so beloved over the last decade.

And while this trailer makes The Dark Knight Rises look like an action extravaganza, you know Nolan has constructed an intelligent and thought-provoking piece that extends far beyond some incredible fight scenes and flying bat jets.

The Dark Knight Rises opens in theaters on July 20th.