Claim: The Dark Knight is set in a fictional city.
Evidence: In the film , Bruce Wayne/Batman -LRB- Bale -RRB- , James Gordon -LRB- Oldman -RRB- and Harvey Dent -LRB- Eckhart -RRB- form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City , but are menaced by a criminal mastermind known as the Joker -LRB- Ledger -RRB- who seeks to undermine Batman 's influence and create chaos.
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed , co-produced , and co-written by Christopher Nolan.
Gotham City -LRB- -LSB- ˈɡɒθəm -RSB- -RRB- , or simply Gotham , is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , best known as the home of Batman.