Crime boss Carl Grissom runs Gotham City, but a new crime fighter emerges: Batman. Grissom's right-hand man, Jack Napier, is a brutal and unstable individual. After a falling out, Napier is set up with the police and appears to die in a vat of chemicals. However, he returns as the Joker, unleashing terror on Gotham City. Meanwhile, reporter Vicki Vale is in town to profile Batman and starts a relationship with his alter ego, billionaire Bruce Wayne.

Batman
In the dark alleys of Gotham City, the legendary origin story of Batman unfolds as he confronts his most notorious foe, the Joker, a former ordinary man named Jack Napier whose descent into madness has led to chaos and destruction.