Gordon interrupts Eckhardt's 'bust' and tells the policemen to take Napier alive. Their meeting would be soon interrupted by Alfred summoning Bruce into the Batcave, where he watches a recorded discussion between Gordon and a police officer about Napier's raid on Axis Chemicals.Īt Axis Chemicals, Jack Napier and his men find out that they have been set up by Grissom and end up contending with Lt. They both attend Bruce Wayne's benefit party at his estate, but while they both strike out on trying to talk to Gordon, Dent, or the mayor about Batman, they do meet Bruce Wayne in person. Knox gets help in the form of Vicki Vale, a photojournalist who had been covering the Corto Maltese war, to find out who this Batman is. The mayor reminds them of his promise to get Carl Grissom into court. Dent tells the mayor the city is already in debt, and Commissioner Gordon says the people are too scared to come out to celebrate. The mayor of Gotham City is planning to have Gotham City's 200th anniversary be celebrated proudly and publicly. Eckhardt, a paid police informant for Grissom, about the police department sniffing around Axis Chemicals, ready to connect them with Grissom, and forcefully warns Eckhardt that he should be 'thinking about the future'. Jack Napier, a hitman for Grissom, watches this event being televised along with Alicia, Grissom's mistress, whom he has been having an affair with. Meanwhile, Harvey Dent has been sworn in as the new District Attorney of Gotham City, ready to shed the light of the law on crime boss Carl Grissom and his 'nest of vipers'. Alexander Knox, a reporter for the Gotham Gazette, tries to get hard-core evidence of these 'bat-man' sightings, but nobody seems to be talking, not even the police.

The Joker creates Smylex gas and uses it to poison the citizens of Gotham, and he plans on using Vale to lure Batman out.Īfter a tourist couple with child have been robbed by a couple of low-life thieves in Gotham City, the thieves find themselves the victim of a mysterious bat figure that's been roaming around the city at night. Photographer Vicki Vale (Basinger) begins dating Bruce, not knowing his dark secret.

Napier's skin becomes bone white and his face twists into a wicked grin and he becomes the Joker. Gotham City is swarming with crime and only one man can stop it: The Batman.ĭuring a heist at a chemical plant, gangster Jack Napier (Nicholson) falls into a vat of acid during a battle with Batman (Keaton).

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