The Batman 4: Dark Victory Movie

The Batman 4: Dark Victory is a 2017 American animated superhero film and part of The DC Bruce Timm Rebirth Fanon-Verse and It is the reboot sequel to The Batman 3: Fear Vs. Might (2016) The Film follows a series of murders involving Gotham City police officers by a mysterious serial killer only known as the Hangman. Central to the storyline is a territory war between Two-Face and the remnants of the Falcone mob, led by alive Sofia Falcone.

### The Recap

It has been a year after the killer known as "Holiday" was apprehended. "Holiday" was actually Alberto Falcone, attempting to one-up his father, and prove he is more than capable of handling the family business.

### One Year Later

After the defeat of Mongul, Janice Porter has replaced Harvey Dent as Gotham City's District Attorney and despises Batman's methods, although Commissioner Gordon tries to sway her opinion.

### Arkham Breakout

Bruce blames himself for letting Harvey go beyond saving and become a villain himself, serving time in Arkham Asylum, like many of the people Dent put there. Batman becomes even more of a loner, refusing Gordon's assistance, and Catwoman's. During a visit to Dent's cell, there is a large breakout of most of the inmates of Arkham. Alberto is not one of them. Batman insists Sofia Falcone had some hand in the breakout, but she assures him she does not, as since their last visit she now uses a wheelchair and has a brace on her head.

### Who is The Hangman?

Janice Porter allows the release of Alberto to house arrest in his brother Mario's custody at their father's old estate. Shortly after his release, Clancy O'Hara's body is found hanged from the Gotham city bridge, his old patrol. Taped to his chest is a newspaper clipping, headlined "Holiday goes free", with a hangman riddle written on it.

Batman interrogates the Riddler, who was in Arkham and didn't join Harvey's assault on Falcone about The Hangman, but he assures Batman that he has not the faintest idea as to why Harvey did release him.

### Another Death

In the Falcone estate, Alberto begins to hear his father's voice, telling him to continue his work as the Holiday killer. Soon after the Riddler meets with Batman, saying that the killer assumes that another person is playing their twisted game, the corrupt ex-commissioner Gillian B. Loeb is found hanged from his stairs in his mansion, another riddle on his chest.

### Hanged

Later, another corrupt officer, Detective Flass is found hanged outside the strip club where he worked as a bouncer. Batman believes that Alberto is the newly dubbed "Hangman" killer, or knows who the person is. He interrogates him, but learns nothing and leaves to search for Harvey Dent.

### The Office

Entering the sewers, Batman fights Solomon Grundy, and he leads Batman to Harvey's new office. Searching his office, there is an explosion and Batman loses Two-Face underground. In Gordon's office, he is talking and trying to persuade Janice to accept Batman, and she agrees, as long as he follows the law.

### The Hang and The Note

Another hanging, Sgt. Pratt with another note on his chest. All of the notes have come from Harvey's old desk as the D.A.; all of the evidence suggests that he is the killer.

During the "Hangman" killings, Bruce is also struggling with his relationship with Selina Kyle, so much so that she eventually leaves Gotham and only left him a note.

### Dent

Janice Porter has been shown meeting a mysterious man several times throughout the investigation, and it is eventually revealed to be Harvey. Another hanging is found, this time in front of Harvey's old house. Officer Merkel is found with another note on his chest. Harvey, now completely taken over by his darker side, conducts his own investigation throughout the escaped criminals, questioning all of them as to the identity of the Hangman killer. Gordon is almost hanged on the roof of the precinct, but is saved by Two-Face who assures the men that he is not the Hangman killer.

### The Clown and The Boy

Multiple attacks on organized crime by the Joker are perpetrated, and he eventually assaults the Falcone estate, attacking the members of the family before being apprehended by Batman. Another hanging is found inside the garage of the precinct. Batman adopts a young Dick Grayson as his family is killed during a mob sabotage, and he begins his training to be his partner.

### The Raid and The Trail

During a police raid on the underground hideout of Two-Face, Batman assists Gordon and they eventually catch him. During all of which, Alberto is still hearing his father's voice telling him to continue his work. He is eventually pushed to the point of almost committing the murder of his sister, but resists the temptation. Two-Face is put on trial, but escapes when the other criminals assault the court.

### The Manipulating

Another hanging of a police officer, and Two-Face is still the prime suspect. Janice is kidnapped by the Joker and the Scarecrow, and when she argues with Two-Face, he kills her. They dump the body into Alberto Falcone's bed, to convince him he killed her. Finally, he breaks the facade and it is revealed that the Calendar Man had secretly placed microphones all over the house and manipulated him.

### The Penthouse Hanging

Batman investigates Mario Falcone's penthouse, and is almost hanged but frees himself due to metal braces to protect his neck, and attacks Catwoman. She reveals that she investigated Sofia Falcone, and that she could find no record of her visiting a physical therapist, despite the fact that she uses a wheelchair.

### The Holiday Killer's End

After escaping the estate, Sofia and Alberto meet inside the family mausoleum; she smothers him, telling him he is not a real Falcone.

### The Hangman

At the Batcave, Dick correctly translates the clues left behind that they refer to protecting the Falcone crime family, and Batman scrambles to leave.

### The Attack

At his hideout, Two-Face is attacked when several explosions rip through his lair; the criminals attempt to escape when Two-Face is attacked. Finally, the Hangman killer is revealed as Sofia Falcone. She had killed everyone who had helped Harvey to become the District Attorney and further his career, and left clues to make it look like it was him all along. Her final ploy was to pretend to be paraplegic, leaving her as the last suspect. During the ensuing fight, Sofia is shot by Two-Face and Batman gives chase.

Dick intervenes, now wearing a uniform as "Robin", and he assists Batman in the recapture of the criminals. Joker shoots Two-Face, and he falls presumably to his death. Mario Falcone, now a broken man, torches his family's estate, leaving his family destroyed.

### The Truth

Selina Kyle arrives at Carmine's grave, and confesses the truth that she knows that he was her father, but cannot prove it yet. Two-Face is revealed to have Carmine Falcone's body, and it was frozen, presumably, by Mr. Freeze.

### Batman and Robin

Dick takes an oath with Batman in the Batcave to help him in his crusade against crime.

### The Post Credit Scene

In the post-credits scene, Harvey is revealed that he has survived from Joker's gun shot and is now alive and well and is ready to begin his crimes as Two Face.

## Cast

* Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman
* Marcel Ruiz as Dick Grayson / Robin
* Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle / Catwoman
* Jared Leto as Jack Oswald White / Joker
* Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face
* Savannah Lee Smith as Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy
* Rahul Kohli as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
* Andy Serkis as Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter
* Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin
* Paul Mescal as Edward Nashton / Riddler
* Giancarlo Esposito as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
* Lou Ferrigno as Cyrus Gold / Solomon Grundy
* Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth
* J.K. Simmons as Lieutenant James W. Gordon
* James McAvoy as Julian Gregory Day / Calendar Man
* Jessica Chastain as Janice Porter
* Jennifer Lopez as Sofia Falcone
* Robert Pattinson as Stanley Merkel
* Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál
* Gina Torres as Barbara Eileen Gordon
* Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone
* David Harbour as Detective Harvey Bullock
* Colin McFarlane as Gillian B. Loeb
* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Waylon Jones / Killer Croc (Cameo)
* Brian McManamon as Basil Karlo / Clayface (Cameo)
* Alex Morf as Victor Zsasz (Cameo)
* Cary Elwes as Kirt Langstrom / Man-Bat (Cameo)
* Dave Bautista as Eduardo Dorrance / BANE (Cameo)