Batman: Knightfall

## Overview

Batman Knightfall is a Detective Comics Live Action moive, and the first adaption in the movie series of the DC Cinematic Universe. The movie is directed by David Fincher and features Scott Eastwood as Batman, Ana De Armas as Catwoman, Tim Roth as Alfred Pennyworth, Alfred Molina as The Penguin, and Kiefer Sutherland as Black Mask.

## Cast

Bruce Wayne/Batman: Scott Eastwood

Selina Kyle/Catwoman: Ana De Armas

Alfred Pennyworth: Tim Roth

James Gordon: Gerard Butler

Harvey Bullock: Nick Offerman

Renee Montoya: Melissa Fumero

Victor Zsasz/Mister Zsasz: James McAvoy

Vicki Vale: Elizabeth Olsen

Harvey Dent: Oscar Isaac

Mayor Hamilton Hill: Jack Nicholson

Barbara Gordon: Jane Levy

Oswald Cobblepot: Alfred Molina

Roman Sionis: Kiefer Sutherland

## Plot Synopsis

Bruce Wayne has been Batman for a few years now. His villains are still rising, and old flames are still off and on. When incumbent Mayor Hamilton Hill starts a call to put Batman before a court for his damages to Gotham City, Bruce faces two battles: The mayoral race between Hill and up-and-coming Harvey Dent, and the rise of an underground villainous operation with Roman Sionis and Oswald Cobblepot. With Bruce Wayne in politics and Batman falling under the public eye, which side of Bruce is the real one?

## Plot

The movie begins with Mayor Hamilton Hill standing behind a podium, crowds of reporters and citizens surrounding him. They were questioning him about his current race with Harvey Dent and the rising crime rates in Gotham. As the Mayor starts answering a select few questions Bruce watches from his television in the dinning room as Alfred brings him breakfast and sets it down in front of him. "Sir, are you going to show up to Harvey Dent's Fundraiser party?" The man asked as he poured him a tall glass of some sort of smoothie that had a pinkish tint.

After a couple of seconds of silence Bruce would tilt his head up towards the man that had raised him since the age of ten "He's expecting me, isn't he Alfred?" He questioned before grabbing the fruit and yogurt concoction before taking a couple of gulps from it. "Yes sir he is, that's why he has such a large crowd of people." With that Alfred would return to the kitchen, allowing Bruce to tend to his thoughts in peace.

Now that Bruce was alone he would flip his phone over from the backside revealing the list of messages he had received from his friend or rather best friend. Knowing that he hadn't been in the public eye due to the trial that the mayor was crucifying Batman for he knew it was time to return to the public, even if it was for a little while. Texting Harvey "I'll be there, don't talk up a storm without me." Bruce would flip the phone back over before finishing his breakfast.

After entering his room Bruce would look around, making eye contact with his nightstand which had a kidney dish with bloody gauze inside of it. Along with tweezers and stitching thread, these wounds were caused from the previous night when Bruce was stopping yet another fight between Roman Sionis' and Oswald Cobblepot's gangs. After letting out a sigh from reliving those memories Bruce would make his way to the closet where he would put on a navy blue suit with a white button up shirt.

Meanwhile in the Gotham City Precint James Gordon was briefing his men on the raised crime rates and lecturing them about firing at the Batman whom many assumed was a vigilante and therefore breaking the law. However, one person didn't believe this and it was himself. Jim believed that Batman could bring Gotham to it's once safe nature and would help him without breaking the law.

Walking out into the main area he would notice the motorcade to Harvey Dent's fundraiser location begin to move out, knowing that he would have to go with he would walk over to his daughter Barbara and would rest his hand on her shoulder. "I'll be right back, food from Noonan's is on the way and already paid for." Barbara would nod as she looked up at him. "Have fun and try to stay safe dad." She replied as she hugged him before plopping herself down in his rolling chair.

Jim knew that Barbara would be relatively safe in the precinct so that gave him enough nerve to complete the task at hand. Walking out of the headquarters and down the steps Jim's partner Harvey Bullock who always seemed hungry was eating a hotdog from a street vendor and two cups of coffee. "There you go partner, you ready to go?" He asked as he walked up to his vehicle before opening the door, and it was a good thing that it wasn't raining in Gotham...yet.

As the motorcade arrived at the party a large crowd of guests would be seen entering the building, one of them unbeknownst to the police was Oswald Cobblepot, who intended on meeting Harvey Dent. Soon after they parked the police would take posts at the main points of movement, and one of the officers would report in that a major guest was arriving. Jim would turn around seeing a large black limozine pull up onto the scene and the door would open slowly.

Bruce Wayne and a random girl would step out before the vehicle moved away. Moving towards him the police would stop any people that they thought would attack the man, however all they saw was a reporter waiting to ask questions. This reporter was none other than Vicki Vale, who worked with the Gotham Gazette.

As the reporter approached the group, the officers would stand in the way of the billionaire and Vicki before Bruce waved them off. "It's fine officers, I think I can manage a few questions." He said trying to keep his public personality alive. "Ask your questions." He simply stated as he started to walk inside once again, the reporter next to him.

"Thank you Mister Wayne." She said as she pulled out her tape recorder before being cut off. "Please, call me Bruce." He had said before she nodded pressing the record button. "Bruce, you're here to support Harvey Dent in the upcoming election. Do you think the gang rivalry could affect any of the voters and if so what would you say to keep them from not voting?"

The question was interesting to say the least and leaning in so the hand held device could pick up his voice Bruce would look at her. "Well I would say that with Mayor Hill the criminals like Oswald Cobblepot and Roman Sionis have run free doing whatever they want, but I can say that with Mr. Dent you get what you see."

Vale nodded as she had clearly made the mental note before being interrupted by the Penguin himself. He was wearing a black suit with and a top hat. "Well Mister Wayne, I don't think of myself as a criminal. I think of myself of someone who operates outside of the law, like the Batman." He said with a slight chuckle before putting his hand out for the man to shake, his umbrella cane being held in his other hand.

Looking around to make sure no cameras around Bruce would relectantly shake his hand for only a second or two before removing his hand from Oswald's. "That's a nice grip you have there Bruce." He said jokingly with another slight chuckle before Bruce's smile that he put on for the show as it faded into anger.

"Thank you Mr. Cobblepot, and you have nothing in common with Batman. You have been convicted of many different things over the years, and Batman has been the person to stop you. This proves that he is nothing but a hero for this city." Bruce put simply, and this caused the Penguin to be left speechless before shaking his head. "Have a good one Mister Wayne, we'll be talking real soon..." He said walking out of the party causing Bruce to let out a sigh of relief.

The last thing he wanted to do was cause a scene for something that wasn't even about him. Not realizing Vicki had walked away as she had finished her questioning of him Bruce would turn his head to speak to her and would watch as she walked away. But this motion would be stopping after a couple of seconds from a hand on Bruce's shoulder, patting it a few times before the person behind him spoke.

When Bruce turned around he would see the face of his best friend and brand new politician Harvey Dent. "Thank you for coming Bruce, even if I had to pull you out of your mansion and away from your work." He said jokingly as he handed Bruce a glass of chamange and the billionaire would gladly accept it, taking the glass by the handle and drinking from it.

"I wanted to say thank you for that, I've been meaning to meet more girls at parties." He joked back before his smile faded as he shook his head. "But in all seriousness, you're welcome. I'm glad I can suppor someone that can actually bring change to this city." He said putting his hand on Harvey's shoulder before a chiming noise was heard.

"If you'll excuse me, that's my cue." Harvey Dent said as he walked onto the stage and away from Bruce. The man began to look around clapping his hands as he wasn't really paying attention, but this was due to a woman which was very suspicious, she was wearing a lose black dress walking up the stairs towards Harvey's office. Bruce's natural instinct told him to follow the woman, although it wouldn't be as Bruce Wayne but as Batman.

Walking away from the gigantic crowd of people Bruce would pull out his phone dialing Alfred's phone number. "Alfred, can you get me my work suit?" He asked seriously as he made his way to the back alley before looking in both directions. "Yes sir, but may I ask why?" Alfred asked sounding concerned, he didn't want the kid he raised to die on this crusade to save the city.

"Someone's heading up to the office where Harvey stores his cases which are both opened and closed...I think they're trying to dig something up on him." Bruce said simply as he walked to the back of the car and opened the trunk, coming face to face with the cowl he wore during the night. After suiting up Bruce ends up on the rooftop across from Harvey's office watching as the burglar sulked through the office approaching the filing cabinet nearby.

Deciding that enough was enough Bruce would glide to the fire escape before using the ventilation system to drop down behind Selina who had opened the top drawer searching through the many files before she had heard the thud behind her. "Hasn't anyone told you that it's rude to sneak up on a cat?" The woman asked as she slowly turned around to face the Bat.

Bruce didn't have time for Selina's games and would instead walk up to her slowly. "Who hired you?" He said seriously in a low voice but would recieve a claw to the face instead causing him to stumble back as Selina smirked. "Catch me and I just might tell you..." She said as she let her words stray off before lifting up the bottom of the sash to the window before climbing out after she had kicked Bruce backwards.

Sighing to himself as this wasn't the night that he had in store Bruce would follow the woman out of the window before using his Grapnel Gun which allowed him to land on the rooftop behind her, well not exactly behind her as Selina had just started jumping from rooftop to rooftop. That was until she was cornered with a major street in front of her.

Turning around Selina would shake her head as she examined the man before her. "Well it's nice to know you caught me, why don't you collect your prize?" As Bruce started to approach Selina she would pull out a giant cat claw before jumping off. When Bruce went to leap off the building to catch her he saw as she ascended the building across the street and fleeing into the night.

Back at the party Harvey Dent was finishing up his speech and was approached by the mayor and Roman Sionis, Dent knew that the police weren't alerted to this as a known criminal had slipped into the fundraiser for the second time in one night. Bruce would walk back into the main room from a back room as he buttoned his suit up he noticed that the pair had started to walk away.

Making his way over to Harvey, Bruce would put his hand on Dent's shoudler. "Hey, you alright? What did they want?" He asked curiously wandering if it had anything to do with the person that broke into his office. "They're trying to blackmail me on getting me not to run Bruce..." He said, anger clearly pumping through his vains. "I'll handle this, you just make sure that you can sway enough votes." Nodding Harvey would start to calm down, and Bruce was glad.

"I have to go, something came up..." He said as he started walking away before being stopped by a couple of officers who started to question his connection with Batman, who was of course also under investigation. "No officers, I have nothing to do with the person that's saving the city now can I please go?" He asked before being met with an elbow to the face causing him to stumble backwards before the two cops started to beat down on him...they had clearly been bribed by Oswald Cobblepot.

"This is what you get for backtalking the Penguin!" One of them shouted which only proved Bruce's theory, but he knew that if he fought back he would only be arrested. Hearing the ruckus Jim Gordon would rush over pushing the two cops away from Bruce ordering them to stand down Jim would help Bruce to his feet before dusting his shoulders off, taking him back to the night where he put the blanket around him. Making sure he was okay and safe before questioning him about his parents death.

Bruce was too focused on this moment because he didn't hear the question he was asked. "Are you okay Mr. Wayne? Do you know why the officers attacked you?" Gordon asked again this time a little worried about him before Bruce shook his head. "Yeah I'm fine, they said something about the Penguin...." He said simply before trying to walk off to avoid more questions.

This movement was stopped though from the lieutenant. "Mr. Wayne, why would the Penguin attack you?" Gordon asked becoming more skeptical about what had happened. Bruce turning around would think to himself. "Because he knows that if Harvey Dent wins than he'll be stopped by the law." Bruce said before getting into the car that had been mysteriously brought before driving off.

As he was driving down the street Bruce would press a button changing the vehicle into the Batmobile, it was using Waynetech's new advancement which used changable armor plates to change the batmobile to a sports car and vise versa. "What do we have tonight Al?" He asked as the roaring engine of the vehicle was heard throughout the streets.

"Reports of shots fired at the GCPD, and please do be careful sir." Alfred said as he was clearly worried about the person he had raised, he was worried that he might not see him again. "Don't worry Al, I'll be fine." He said ending the call as the car sped to the precinct. Once arriving to the scene Bruce saw Victor Zsasz and a couple of Penguin thugs outside firing in on the building, Victor had tally mark scars on his arms from a pocket knife which he would carve on himself after murdering someone, Bruce had been searching for this person for a long time and now was his chance to do so.

Now Penguin and Roman were making this gang war even more personal than it was before, if men had been harmed than Bruce would blame himself and make it his duty to stop the thugs once and for all. Taking down the thugs one by one Bruce would land on the street post behind the bald man. "Give it up Zsasz, this is a fight you won't win..." He said before grappling to another vantage point, using the shadows and fear to his advantage.

"Welcome Bats, long time no see...it's been a while since we last met, I was worried that I scared you off." He said with a slight chuckle as he looked around, not entirely scared yet, soon enough Batman would drop a smoke pellet down on the ground a couple of feet away from Zsasz causing the street to be covered in a fog.

"Turn yourself in now and you won't be as badly hurt..." Batman said before dropping down behind Zsasz, the fear starting to get to the man but he tried his best not to show it. Hearing the thud to the ground Zsasz would turn around shooting Bruce in the gut causing him to fall to the ground, but not before the same women from before dropped down from out of nowhere and would begin to take down the thug before sending him running. She would then walk over to Bruce helping him up.

"Looks like I had to save the bat.." She said with a smirk before Bruce used his grapple gun, one of the tongs would rip into Zsasz's shoulder as he pulled him to the ground and would walk over to the man kicking the pistols which he was holding away. "I warned you...this time, you're going to Arkham." Batman said before knocking him out.

Turning around he would walk over to Selina his right hand covering his wound. "Why did you do that?" Batman asked confused and was met with a file handed to him. "Because I was going to give you this...but I didn't know how to summon you." She shrugged as she started to circle him. "If you need help, maybe I can scratch your back and you can scratch mine..." She said tracing his arm with her finger.

"What do you want exactly? To be the new Queen of Gotham?" He asked as he looked her in the eyes. "No, I want a garuntee that you won't chase me down after I take down the two asshole's that hired me. And maybe stealing a thing or two, but who knows." She said slyly as she started to walk towards his car. "So, does this thing seat two?"

Bruce knew that the gang war was bigger than the police who were now decreased due to some being injured and would call the hospital to send some ambulances before nodding. "It does, but if we're doing this...than we're doing it my way. No matter what happens, no one dies." He said getting into the car and opening the door for her.

As they were driving down the street Alfred would call once again but before Bruce could press the answer button Selina would do the same. "Sir, reports of the gangs have been sighted at Penguins warehouse. It seems to be an ambush." He said more calmly now knowing that Bruce had taken down Roman's second hand man.

"Don't worry Al, by the end of tonight both of these lunatics will be locked up." He said before pressing the end call button as he sped towards the docks. At the docks the camera pans out to show cars surrounding Penguin's warehouse and gunfire raining in both directions. "You'll neva take me alive Sionis!" Oswald yelled from inside the building.

Soon the bullets would stop raining as one by one of the criminals outside would've been taken down until Roman and a few of his men were left. "It's the fucking Bat!" Roman yelled as he then ordered his men to stay posted outside as he ran inside petitioning Oz to combine forces which he accepted...for the time being. "Come and get us Batman!"

"Tonight it ends, there's nowhere left to run." Bruce yelled back at the pair as he looked at Selina. "We can't enter through the front, they're expecting that and will kill us if we enter through there." Bruce stated as he started to wander around the building taking in all the possible entry points and how safe they would be. "If you enter from the crawlspace that'll put you directly below them and I'll take them from the top via the vents...it gives us the advantage if they don't see us."

As Bruce finished his statement Selina had already entered the crawlspace, which was an easy fit for her as she acted like a cat. Bruce shaking his head would grapple into the shaft of the vent before making his way to the main room where snipers took vantage points protecting the rest of the men and the crime bosses.

Batman would start to pick off the snipers one by one using his batarangs, or their snipers before returning to the darkness, once each was picked off and left unconscious Selina would appear out from a grate below the ground and would start to pick off the rest of the thugs, noticing this Roman Sionis who Selina had beef with would run off.

Looking at her Bruce would nod as if telling her to go after him. This would only leave a single thug and Oswald Cobblepot left in the building, turning around the Oswald would start to notice the lights shut down meaning that Batman had gotten to the circut box. "Turn those damn lights back on!" He yelled and the thug nodded walking away from the crime boss.

Although a noise would also be heard meaning that he was taken down, the noise of the grapple gun and a thud was heard before Batman disappeared and dropped down behind Penguin. Turning around to shoot him Oswald was then disarmed leaving him with only a knife, pure anger would enter the eyes of the Penguin as he attempted to slash the knife at Batman who would step back and dodge the blade before throwing a batarang at the knife. This however, would cause the knife to cut his own hand.

"It ends here Cobblepot." He said through gritted teeth in his low gravely voice before the two got into a fight, Bruce throwing Oswald through a crate a couple seconds later. Now on the ground Oswald would start to get up but was soon stopped by Bruce would punch him in the right eye multiple times leaving it damaged and the man rendered knocked out.

The camera pans out as Selina and Roman battle it out on the docks, Selina clawing at the man's face as she had just knocked his mask off. "You're going to pay for that kitty." He said as pulled out his gun attempting to shoot her multiples. Getting shot a few times she would avoid the rest before using her whip to hit the pistol out of Roman's hand then grabbing it and waving it around.

"Looks like the cat will take out the mask." She said pointing the gun at him and then firing, watching as he fell into the river and to the bottom. Satisfied with her work she would flee the scene leaving no trace of her blood because she patched herself up. Meanwhile at the mayors office, the election had just ended, and Harvey Dent had won the election. Walking onto the stage he would tap the microphone a couple of times. "Tonight, we start the journey to making Gotham a better place, a place for families like it used to be. But I'm not the only person who's been trying to do this, there's someone outside of the law who protects the people of this city and takes the criminals out in the darkness of the night. Batman, we thank you for protecting us and we strive to let you continue doing this..."

With the monologue from Harvey Dent we go back to the GCPD precinct with Barbara Gordon, who had been hacking the surveillance cameras througout the city before pausing at a singular moment. When Bruce was in the back alley putting on the batsuit to stop Selina from breaking into Harvey's office. "What the Fu-"

## End Credit Scene #1

The back of a police truck moves across a bridge and through old rusty metal gates, the camera pans up to show the words written on top of the arched gate. Arkham Asylum, the place for the crazy's and the lunatic's. The next scene cuts to Oswald Cobblepot wearing his famous monacle as we pass the cells, written with various names some of them being random and some including the likes of Black Mask who had turned himself in to be treated. After the security officers put Oswald in his cell we pan over to see a Physician walk in, with a name badge with the initials of HQ.