Gotham city is drowning in the murky depths of its own
corruption. Organized criminals operate
with impunity. Petty crooks prey on
helpless civilians. The police act more
like hired thugs than civil servants. Into
this cesspool steps Lieutenant James Gordon (Bryan Cranston), an honest cop
with a pregnant wife. Meanwhile,
billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne (Benjamin McKenzie) has just returned from a twelve
year sabbatical abroad. The reasons for
his self-imposed exile are unknown to the general public, but Wayne has
secretly been preparing himself to wage a very large scale yet private war. He has the means, but not the method. He finds a kindred spirit in the likes of Lieutenant
Gordon, whose honesty and steadfastness have made him a pariah in his own
department. As both Gordon and Wayne
embark on their own personal crusade to purge the city of corruption, they
inevitably cross paths and become the unlikeliest of allies.
