All language subtitles for Batman Begins 2005 1080p ITV WEB-DL AAC 2 0 H 264-PiRaTeS.eng

WINGS FLUTTER,
BATS SCREECH

BIRDS CHIRPING

Rachel! Let me see!

Can I see?
Finders keepers. And I found it.

In MY garden.

Finders keepers!

Bruce?

CRASH,
HE YELPS

HE GRUNTS
Bruce?

Mom! Mr Alfred!

WINGS FLUTTER

SOFT MOAN

BATS SCREECH,
HE SHRIEKS

MAN HOWLS IN DISTANCE

Did you have dream?

Nightmare.

Worse than this place?

DISTANT SHOUTING

BARKING

They are going to fight you.
Again?

Until they kill you.

Can they kill me before breakfast?

CANS CLATTER

You are in hell, little man...

GRUNTS,
CANS CLATTER

...and I am the devil.
GRUNTS

You're not the devil.
SPITS

You're practice.

THEY GRUNT

SHOUTING AND GRUNTING

Argh!

AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE

Solitary!
Why?

For protection.
I don't need protection.

Protection for them.
MEN GROAN

SHOUTS,
DOOR CLANGS SHUT

LOCK RATTLES

MAN: Are you so desperate
to fight criminals

that you lock yourself in
to take them on one at a time?

Actually, there were...
seven of them.

I counted six, Mr Wayne.

How do you know my name?

The world is too small for someone
like Bruce Wayne to disappear,

no matter how deep
he chooses to sink.

Who are you?

My name is merely Ducard,
but I speak for Ra's Al Ghul,

a man greatly feared
by the criminal underworld.

A man who can offer you a path.

What makes you think I need a path?

Someone like you
is only here by choice.

You have been exploring
the criminal fraternity,

but whatever
your original intentions,

you have become truly lost.

And what path
can Ra's Al Ghul offer?

The path of a man who shares
his hatred of evil

and wishes to serve true justice.

The path of the League of Shadows.

CHUCKLES

You're vigilantes.

No, no, no.

A vigilante is just a man lost

in the scramble
for his own gratification.

He can be destroyed or locked up.

But if you make yourself
more than just a man,

if you devote yourself to an ideal,

and if they can't stop you,

then you become
something else entirely.

Which is?

A legend, Mr Wayne.

Tomorrow, you'll be released.

If you are bored of brawling
with petty thieves

and want to achieve something,

there is a rare blue flower
that grows on the eastern slopes.

Pick one of these flowers.

If you can carry it
to the top of the mountain,

you may find what you were looking
for in the first place.

HE KNOCKS
And what was I looking for?

Only you can know that.

TRUCK ENGINE HUMS

MEN CHATTERING

WIND HOWLING

VILLAGERS CHATTERING

You turn back.
Shouldn't. You go back.

SHEEP BLEAT

GROANS

WIND HOWLS

DOORS CREAK

BREATHES

Ra's Al Ghul?
DOOR CREAKS CLOSED

DUCARD: Wait.

SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE
What are you seeking?

I seek...

...the means to fight injustice.

To turn fear... against those
who prey on the fearful.

SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE

To manipulate the fears in others...

...you must first master your own.

Are you ready to begin?

I can... I can barely stand.

Death does not wait for you
to be ready!

Death is not considerate, or fair!
HE YELPS

And make no mistake,
here, you'll face death!

GRUNTS

Tiger.
BRUCE YELLING

Jujitsu.

Panther.

You're skilled,
but this is not a dance.

And you are afraid.

But not of me.

Tell us, Mr Wayne...

...what do you fear?

SCREECHING

Bruce.

It's OK. It's OK.

You'll be OK.

Will we be needing an ambulance,
Master Wayne?

I'll set the bone
and take him for an X-ray later.

Very good, sir.

I'm very sorry, sir. I've told...
Don't worry, it's fine.

Took quite a fall,
didn't we, Master Bruce?

And why do we fall, Bruce? So we
can learn to pick ourselves up.

Just a small fracture.

The bats again?

You know why they attacked you,
don't you?

They were afraid of you.

Afraid of me?

All creatures feel fear.
Even the scary ones?

Especially the scary ones.
I've got something to show you.

Do you think your mother
will like them? Yeah.

You think it's time to get up?

Maybe.
No going back to bed.

Did you build this train, Dad?

Gotham's been good to our family,
but the city's been suffering.

People less fortunate than us
have been enduring very hard times.

So we built a new, cheap public
transportation system

to unite the city,
and at the centre... Wayne Tower.

Is that where you work?
No, I work at the hospital.

I leave the running of our company
to much better men.

Better?
Well, more interested men.

MUSIC: 'Folletto!'

SINGERS VOCALISE

BATS SCREECH

Can we go?

Please?

OK. Let's go.

What's wrong, Bruce?

No, no, it was me.
I just needed some fresh air.

A little bit of opera
goes a long way, right, Bruce?

BOTTLE CLINKS

Come on.

Let's go.

Wallet, jewellery! Come on, fast!

That's fine.
Fast!

Take it easy. Take it easy.

Here you go.

It's fine, it's fine.

Now, just take it and go.

I said jewellery!

Hey!
GUNSHOT, SHE SHRIEKS

Thomas!
SCREAMS

GUNSHOT,
PEARLS CLATTER

WEAKLY: Bruce.

It's OK.

Don't be afraid.

CAMERA SHUTTERS
CLICKING

CHATTER

Is that your father's?

It's OK.

Come here.

There you go.

It's OK.

It's OK.

DOOR OPENS
MAN: Gordon.

Hey.

Good news.

We got him, son.

You're in excellent hands.
We'll be watching the empire.

When you grow up,
it'll be waiting for you.

I thought I might prepare
a little supper.

Very well.

Alfred?

Yes, Master Bruce?
It was my fault, Alfred.

No, no, no.
I made them leave the theatre.

If I hadn't gotten scared...
It was nothing that you did.

It was him, and him alone.

Do you understand?

SOBS: I miss them, Alfred.
I miss them so much.

So do I, Master Bruce.

So do I.

DUCARD: And do you still feel
responsible for your parents' death?

My anger outweighs my guilt.

Come.

You have learned
to bury your guilt with anger.

I will teach you to confront it
and to face the truth.

GLACIER CREAKING

You know how to fight six men.
We can teach you how to engage 600.

You know how to disappear.

We can teach you
to become truly invisible.

Invisible?

Avi!

Ninja understands that invisibility
is a matter of patience and agility.

SHOUTING

ICE CREAKS

Always mind your surroundings.

Ninjutsu employs explosive powders.

As weapons?
Or distractions.

Theatricality and deception
are powerful agents.

You must become more than just a man
in the mind of your opponent.

Who is he?
He was a farmer,

and he tried to take his neighbour's
land and became a murderer.

Now he is a prisoner.

What'll happen to him?
Justice. Crime cannot be tolerated.

Criminals thrive on the indulgence
of society's understanding.

Your parents' death
was not your fault.

BRUCE GRUNTS

It was your father's.

Anger does not change the fact
that your father failed to act.

The man had a gun.
Would that stop you?

I've had training.

The training is nothing,
the will is everything!

ICE CREAKS

The will to act.

Yield.

You haven't beaten me.

You've sacrificed sure footing
for a killing stroke.

BRUCE PANTING

Rub your chest.

Your arms will
take care of themselves.

You are stronger than your father.

You didn't know my father.

But I know the rage
that drives you.

That impossible anger
strangling the grief,

until the memory of your loved one
is just poison in your veins.

And one day,
you catch yourself wishing

the person you loved
had never existed...

...so you'd be spared your pain.

I wasn't always here
in the mountains.

Once I had a wife.

My great love.

She was taken from me.

Like you, I was forced to learn
there are those without decency

who must be fought without
hesitation, without pity.

Your anger gives you great power,

but if you let it,
it will destroy you.

As it almost did me.

What stopped it?
Vengeance.

That's no help to me.
Why, Bruce?

Why could you not avenge
your parents?

Will you be heading back to
Princeton after the hearing, sir,

or can I persuade you
to stay on for a day or two?

I'm not heading back at all.

You don't like it there?
I like it fine.

They just don't feel the same way.

I've prepared the master bedroom.

No. My room will be fine.

With all due respect, sir,
Wayne Manor is your house.

No, Alfred, it's my father's house.

Your father is dead, Master Wayne.
And this place is a mausoleum.

If I have my way, I'll pull
the damn thing down, brick by brick.

This house has sheltered
six generations of your family.

Why do you give a damn, Alfred?
It's not your family.

I give a damn, because a good man
once made me responsible

for what was most precious to him
in the whole world.

Miss Dawes has offered
to drive you to the hearing.

She probably hopes
to talk you out of going.

Should I just bury the past
out there with my parents, Alfred?

I wouldn't presume to tell you
what to do with your past, sir.

Just know that
there are those of us

who care about what you do
with your future.

Haven't given up on me yet?
Never.

Alfred still keeps
the condensed milk on the top shelf.

Hasn't he noticed
you're tall enough to reach now?

Old habits die hard, I guess.
Never used to stop us, anyway.

No, it didn't. How's your mom?

She misses this place.

So do I.

Yeah.

But it's nothing without the people
who made it what it was.

Now there's only Alfred.

And you.
I'm not staying, Rachel.

You're just back for the hearing.

Bruce, I don't suppose there's any
way to convince you not to come.

Someone at this proceeding
should stand for my parents.

We all loved your parents, Bruce.
What Chill did is unforgivable.

Then why's your boss letting him go?

In prison, he shared a cell
with Carmine Falcone.

He learned things,

and he will testify in exchange
for early parole.

Rachel, this man killed my parents.

I cannot let that pass.

And I need you to understand that, please.

OK.

MAN: The depression hit working
people like Mr Chill hardest of all.

His crime was appalling, yes,

but it was motivated
not by greed, but by desperation.

And, given the 14 years
already served,

as well as his extraordinary level
of cooperation

with one of this office's
most important investigations,

we strongly endorse
his petition for early release.

Mr Chill?

Your Honour.

Not a day goes by that I don't wish
I could take back what I did.

Sure, I was desperate,
like a lot of people back then,

but that don't change what I did.

I gather there's a member
of the Wayne family here today.

Has he got anything to say?

GUN CLICKS

REPORTER: He's coming out the side!
He's coming out the side, guys!

CLAMOURING

CAMERA SHUTTERS
CLICKING

Bruce Wayne!

WOMAN:
Joe! Hey, Joe! Falcone says hi!

GUNSHOT

SCREAMING

Come on, Bruce.
We don't need to see this.

I do.

The DA couldn't understand
why Judge Faden

insisted on making
the hearing public.

Falcone paid him off
to get Chill out in the open.

Maybe I should be thanking them.
You don't mean that.

What if I do, Rachel?
My parents deserve justice.

You're not talking about justice,
but revenge.

Sometimes they're the same.
No, they're never the same, Bruce.

Justice is about harmony.

Revenge is about you making yourself
feel better.

That's why we have
an impartial system.

Well, your system is broken.

TYRES SCREECH,
HORN BEEPS

You care about justice?

Look beyond your own pain, Bruce.
This city is rotting.

They talk about the depression
as if it's history and it's not.

Things are worse than ever
down here.

Falcone floods our streets
with crime and drugs,

preying on the desperate,
creating new Joe Chills every day.

Falcone may not
have killed your parents, Bruce,

but he's destroying everything
that they stood for.

DISTANT SHOUTING,
BRAKES SQUEAK

You want to thank him for that,
here you go.

We all know where to find him.

But as long as he keeps bad people
rich and good people scared,

no-one'll touch him.

Good people like your parents,

who'll stand against injustice,
they're gone.

What chance does Gotham have
when the good people do nothing?

TRAIN RATTLES OVERHEAD

I'm not one of your "good people",
Rachel.

What do you mean?

All these years,
I wanted to kill him.

Now I can't.

Your father would be ashamed of you.

DOOR CLOSES

CHATTER

You're taller than you look
in the tabloids, Mr Wayne.

No gun? I'm insulted.

You could've just sent
a "thank you" note.

I didn't come here to thank you.

I came here to show you that not
everyone in Gotham is afraid of you.

Only those who know me, kid.

Look around you.

You'll see two councilmen,
a union official,

a couple of off-duty cops
and a judge.

WHEEZES,
COCKS GUN

I wouldn't have
a second's hesitation

in blowing your head off right now,
in front of them.

Now, that's power you can't buy.

That's the power of fear.
I'm not afraid of you.

Because you think
you got nothing to lose.

But you haven't thought it through.

You haven't thought about your lady
friend down in the DA's office.

You haven't thought about
your old butler.

Bang!
GUN CLICKS

People from your world
have so much to lose.

Now, you think because
your mommy and your daddy got shot,

you know about the ugly side
of life, but you don't.

You've never tasted desperate.

You're Bruce Wayne,
the prince of Gotham.

You'd have to go a thousand miles

to meet someone
who didn't know your name.

So don't come here with your anger,

trying to prove something
to yourself.

This is a world
you'll never understand,

and you always fear
what you don't understand.

All right.

BRUCE GRUNTS

Yeah, you got spirit, kid,
I'll give you that.

More than your old man, anyway.

In the joint, Chill told me...

told me about the night
he killed your parents.

He said your father
begged for mercy.

Begged... like a dog.

DISTANT LAUGHTER

HE GRUNTS

Should've tipped better.

MAN COUGHING

For what?

Your jacket.
OK.

Hey, let me have it.

It's a nice coat.
Be careful who sees you with that.

They're gonna come looking for me.
Who?

Everyone.

It's a nice coat.

FOGHORN HONKS

DUCARD: When you lived among
the criminals,

did you start to pity them?

BRUCE: The first time I stole
so that I wouldn't starve, yes.

I lost many assumptions

about the simple nature
of right and wrong.

And when I travelled,

I learned the fear before a crime

and the thrill of success.

OFFICERS SHOUT
IN MANDARIN

But I never became one of them.

SPEAKS IN MANDARIN

What the hell do I care what your
name is? You're a criminal.

Tell that to the guy
who owned these.

DUCARD: You travelled the world

to understand the criminal mind
and conquer your fears.

But a criminal is not complicated.

What you really fear
is inside yourself.

You fear your own power.

You fear your anger.

The drive to do great
or terrible things.

Now you must journey inwards.

You are ready.

Breathe.

Breathe.

Breathe in your fears.

BATS SCREECH

Face them.

To conquer fear,
you must become fear.

You must bask in the fear
of other men.

ECHOES: And men fear most
what they cannot see.

FOOTSTEPS DRUM

MUFFLED: You have to become
a terrible thought.

A wraith.

You have to become an idea!

Feel terror cloud your senses.

Feel its power to distort...

...to control.
FOOTSTEPS DRUM

And know that this power
can be yours.

Embrace your worst fear.

Become one with the darkness.

BATS SCREECH

HE HUFFS

Focus.

Concentrate.

Master your senses.

GRUNTING

FOOTSTEPS DRUM

You cannot leave any sign.

BRUCE: I haven't.

APPLAUSE

Impressive.

SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE

SIZZLING

We have purged your fear.

You are ready to lead these men.

You are ready to become a member
of the League of Shadows.

But first, you must demonstrate
your commitment to justice.

HE SHOUTS,
APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS

No.

I'm no executioner.

Your compassion is a weakness
your enemies will not share.

That's why it's so important.
It separates us from them.

You want to fight criminals.
This man is a murderer.

This man should be tried.
By whom? Corrupt bureaucrats?

Criminals mock society's laws.
You know this better than most.

RA'S AL GHUL:
You cannot lead these men

unless you are prepared to do
what is necessary to defeat evil.

And where would I be leading
these men?

Gotham.

As Gotham's favoured son,

you will be ideally placed to
strike at the heart of criminality.

How?

Gotham's time has come.

Like Constantinople or Rome
before it,

the city has become a breeding
ground for suffering and injustice.

It is beyond saving
and must be allowed to die.

This is the most important function
of the League of Shadows.

It is one we've performed
for centuries.

Gotham must be destroyed.

You can't believe in this.

Ra's Al Ghul rescued us from the
darkest corners of our own hearts.

What he asks in return is
the courage to do what is necessary.

I will go back to Gotham
and I will fight men like this,

but I will not become
an executioner.

Bruce, please, for your own sake,
there is no turning back.

What are you doing?
What's necessary, my friend.

BOOM

HE GRUNTS

SHOUTS ORDER

HE YELLS,
BOTH GRUNTING

Argh!
BRUCE GROANS

BEAMS CREAKING
Argh!

HE HEAVES

God! God!

Argh!

HE STRAINS

GROANING

ROARS

I will tell him you saved his life.

DISTANT BEEPING,
ENGINE WHIRRING

Master Wayne, you've been gone
a long time. Yes, I have.

You look very fashionable.

Apart from the mud.

Are you coming back to Gotham
for long, sir?

As long as it takes.

I'm going to show the people
of Gotham

their city doesn't belong
to the criminals and the corrupt.

In the depression,

your father nearly bankrupted
Wayne Enterprises combating poverty.

He believed his example
could inspire

the wealthy of Gotham
to save their city.

Did it?

In a way.

Their murder shocked the wealthy
and the powerful into action.

People need dramatic examples
to shake them out of apathy,

and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne.

As a man, I'm flesh and blood.

I can be ignored,
I can be destroyed.

But as a symbol...

As a symbol, I can be incorruptible.
I can be everlasting.

What symbol?

Something...

elemental, something terrifying.

I assume, that as you are taking on
the underworld,

this symbol is a persona

to protect those you care about
from reprisals?

You're thinking about Rachel?

Actually, sir,
I was thinking of myself.

Have you told anyone
I'm coming back?

I just couldn't figure
the legal ramifications

of bringing you back from the dead.

Dead?
You've been gone seven years.

You had me declared dead?

Actually, it was Mr Earle.
He's taking the company public.

He wanted to liquidate
your majority shareholding.

Those shares
are worth quite a bit of money.

Well, it's a good thing
I left everything to you, then.

Quite so, sir. And you can borrow
the Rolls, if you like.

Just bring it back
with a full tank.

In my opinion, Mr Zsasz is as much
a danger to himself as to others

and prison is probably not the best
environment for his rehabilitation.

Dr Crane!
Ah, Miss Dawes.

You really think a man
who butchers people for the Mob

doesn't belong in jail?

I would hardly have testified
to that otherwise, would I?

This is the third
of Carmine Falcone's thugs

you've had declared insane
and moved into your asylum.

The work offered by organised crime

must have an attraction
to the insane.

Or the corrupt.

Mr Finch, I think you should check
with Miss Dawes here

just what implications your office
has authorised her to make.

If any.

What are you doing, Rachel?

What are you doing, Carl?
Looking out for you.

Falcone has half the city
bought and paid for.

Drop it.
How can you say that?

Cos as much as I care about getting
Falcone, I care more about you.

How sweet.

SIRENS WAILING

We've been through all that.

BAT SQUEAKS

BAT SQUEAKS,
WINGS FLUTTER

A blessed bat again, sir.
They nest somewhere in the grounds.

WATERFALL CRASHING

BATS SQUEAK AND SCREECH

No more favours.
Someone is sniffing around.

Hey. I scratch your back,
you scratch mine, Doc.

I'm bringing in the shipments.

We are paying you for that.

Maybe money isn't as interesting
to me as favours.

I am more than aware that you are
not intimidated by me, Mr Falcone.

But you know who I'm working for.

And when he gets here...
He... He's coming to Gotham?

Yes, he is. And when he gets here,

he's not going to want to hear that
you've endangered our operation,

just to get your thugs
out of a little jail time.

Who's bothering you?

There's a girl at the DA's office.

We'll buy her off.
Not this one.

Oh, idealist, huh?

Well, there's an answer
to that, too.

I don't want to know.
Yes, you do.

No, we are showing very healthy
growth in these sectors.

I don't think that Thomas Wayne

would have viewed heavy arms
manufacture

as a suitable cornerstone
for our business.

Well, that's 20 years ago,
Fredericks.

I think, after 20 years,
we can allow ourselves

to stop thinking about what
Thomas Wayne would have done.

WOMAN:
Good morning. Mr Earle's office?

Yes, he's confirmed for the dinner
tomorrow evening.

Good morning.

I'm here to see Mr Earle.

Name?

Bruce Wayne.

Thomas would probably not have
taken the company public.

But that is what we, as responsible
managers, are going to do.

Jessica?

Jessica? Where are you?

Eye on the ball, and now...

DOOR OPENS
Why is no-one answering the phone?

It's Wayne Enterprises, Mr Earle.
I'm sure they'll call back.

Bruce? You're supposed to be dead.
Sorry to disappoint.

I need you to take a look at this.
Have you seen him yet?

Who?
Wayne.

It's been all over the news.
He's back.

I'm sure you realise I can't stop
the big machine.

Too many wheels turning.

We're going public.
I understand.

And I'll be handsomely rewarded
for my shares.

I'm not looking to interfere.

I am looking for a job.
Oh?

I just want to get to know
the company that my family built.

Any ideas where you would start?

Applied Sciences caught my eye.

Fox's department.

I'll let him know you're coming.

You look like him. Your dad.

You're the only one left
of the Wayne family.

This is where you belong.

Welcome home.

Environmental procedures,
defence projects, consumer products.

All prototypes.

Not in production
on any level whatsoever.

None?

What did they tell you
this place was?

They didn't tell me anything.

SWITCH CLICKS

Well, Earle told me exactly what it
was when he sent me down here.

Dead end.

Place to keep me from causing
the board any more trouble.

Come on.

You were on the board?
When your father ran things, yeah.

You knew my father?
Oh, yeah.

Helped him build his train.

Ah, here we are.

Kevlar utility harness.

Gas-powered, magnetic grapple gun.
350lb test monofilament.

Wonderful project,
your dad's train.

Routed it right into Wayne Tower,

along with the water
and power utilities.

Kind of made Wayne Tower the
unofficial centre of Gotham City.

Course, Earle let it go to rot.
Here we are.

Nomex survival suit
for advanced infantry.

Kevlar bi-weave, reinforced joints.

Tear-resistant?
This sucker will stop a knife.

Bulletproof?
Anything but a straight shot.

Why didn't it go into production?

Bean counters didn't think a
soldier's life was worth 300 grand.

TRAY HISSES SHUT

So, what's your interest
in it, Mr Wayne?

I want to borrow it.

For spelunking.

Spelunking?

Yeah, you know, cave-diving?

You expecting to run into much
gunfire in these caves?

Look, I'd rather Mr Earle
didn't know about me borrowing...

Mr Wayne, the way I see it...

...all this stuff is yours, anyway.

OK! Give it a try.

ENGINE STARTS

Charming.

At least you'll have company.

This must be the lowest foundation
of the southeast wing.

In the Civil War,
your great-great-grandfather

was involved
in the Underground Railroad,

secretly transporting
freed slaves to the North.

And I suspect these caverns
came in handy.

CHAINS RATTLE

Alfred! Come up here!

I can see everything all right from
down here, sir, thank you very much!

We order the main part
of this cowl from Singapore.

Via a dummy corporation.

Indeed. And then, quite separately,

we place an order
to a Chinese company for these.

Put it together ourselves.

Precisely. They'll have to be large
orders to avoid suspicion.

How large?
Say, 10,000.

Well, at least we'll have spares.
Yes.

SIRENS WAILING

POLICE RADIO MURMURS

DOOR OPENS

Don't suppose you want a taste?

I just keep offering, thinking
maybe someday you'll get wise.

There's nothing wise
in what you do, Flass.

Well, Jimbo, you don't take
the taste, makes us guys nervous.

I'm no rat.

In a town this bent,
who's there to rat to, anyway?

HE CHORTLES

ENGINE STARTS

DIAL TONE,
KEYPAD TONES

GUN COCKS

BRUCE: Don't turn around.

You're a good cop.

One of the few.

What do you want?

Carmine Falcone brings in
shipments of drugs every week.

Nobody takes him down. Why?

He's paid up with the right people.

What will it take to bring him down?

Leverage on Judge Faden...

...and a DA brave enough
to prosecute.

Rachel Dawes.

Who are you?

Watch for my sign.

You're just one man?

Now we're two.

"We?"

Freeze!

Argh!
STAIRS CLANGING

GROANS
Oh, God.

What the hell was that?

Just some nut.

Now, what is it today?

More spelunking?
No. Today's base-jumping.

Base-jumping?

Is that like parachuting?
Kind of.

Do you have any lightweight fabrics?

You know, I think
I have just the thing.

It's called memory cloth.
Notice anything?

Regularly flexible,
but put a current through it...

ELECTRICAL WHIRR

...molecules re-align, becomes rigid.
What kind of shapes can you make?

It can be tailored to fit
any structure

based on a rigid skeleton.
Too expensive for the Army?

I don't think they ever
tried to market it

to the billionaire-spelunking-
base-jumping crowd.

Look, Mr Fox.
Yes, sir.

If you're uncomfortable...

Mr Wayne, if you don't want to tell
me exactly what you're doing,

when I'm asked,
I don't have to lie.

But don't think of me as an idiot.

Fair enough.

What's that?

The Tumbler?

Oh, you wouldn't be interested
in that.

ENGINE ROARING

BRUCE CHUCKLES

She was built
as a bridging vehicle.

During combat, two of these would
jump over a river towing cables.

Over here on the throttle,
shift that open and throttle up,

this will boost you
into a ramp-less jump.

AFTERBURNER ROARS
Not now!

BEEPING
Not now, sir.

TUMBLER: 'Afterburner disengaged.'

We never could get
the damn bridge to work,

but this baby works just fine.

TYRES SCREECH

ENGINE STOPS

HE EXHALES SHARPLY

So what do you think?

Does it come in black?

I need you at the docks, Thursday.
Problems?

I don't want any trouble
with the last shipment. Sure.

EXHALES SHARPLY

Word on the street is you got a beef
with somebody in the DA's office.

Is that right?

And there's a fat prize waiting
for anybody

willing to do anything about it.

So what's your point, Mr Flass?

Have you seen the girl?

DISTORTED OVER RADIO:
'It's a cute little Assistant DA.

'Don't you think that's a little bit
too much heat to bring down, maybe?'

Even for this town.
Never underestimate Gotham City.

People get mugged coming home
from work every day of the week.

Sometimes...
Sometimes things just go bad.

It's a problem with
the graphite, sir.

The next 10,000
will be up to specifications.

At least they gave us a discount.

Quite. In the meantime, sir,

may I suggest you try to avoid
landing on your head.

SNAP

MECHANICAL WHIRR

Why bats, Master Wayne?

Bats frighten me.

And it's time my enemies
shared my dread.

What is this?

HE CHUCKLES

Continue.

DOOR OPENS

Looks fine out there.

The bears, they go straight
to the dealers?

Yeah, and the rabbits
go to the man in the Narrows.

What's the difference?
Ignorance is bliss, my friend.

Don't burden yourself
with the secrets of scary people.

WHOOSH,
HE YELPS

Hey.

Steiss.

Steiss?

ELECTRICAL CRACKLE

What?

What the hell?

Yaaargh!

PANTING

WHOOSHING

GUNFIRE

I'd better check it.

DOOR CLOSES

HE YELPS

There's a problem out here.
You'd better bail.

EXHALES SHARPLY

DISTANT CLANGING

CLANKING,
GUNFIRE

CASINGS RATTLE

DISTANT THUDDING

GUNFIRE

Where are you?!

Here.
HE SHRIEKS

Drive!

What the hell are you?
GLASS SMASHES

I'm Batman.

Nice coat.

Thanks.

Hold it!

That's right, you'd better run!

Falcone sent them to kill you.

Why?
You rattled his cage.

What's this?
Leverage.

For what?
To get things moving.

Who are you?
Someone like you.

Someone who'll rattle the cages.

MAN: Ma'am? Is everything OK?

COP: Falcone's men?

Does it matter?
We'll never tie him to it anyway.

I wouldn't be too sure of that.

What the hell is that?

Cut him down.

COMMISSIONER: Unacceptable.

I don't care if it's rival gangs,

Guardian Angels
or the goddamn Salvation Army.

Get them off the street
and off the front page.

They say it was just one guy...
or a creature.

It was some asshole in a costume.

Yeah?

This guy did deliver us one of
the city's biggest crime lords.

No-one takes the law
into their own hands in my city.

Understand?

No way to bury it now.
But there's still Judge Faden.

I've got Faden covered.
OK, what about this bat story?

Even if these guys will swear
in court

to being thrashed by a giant bat,
we've got Falcone at the scene.

Drugs, prints, cargo manifests,
this bat gave us everything.

OK. Let's do it.

Bats are nocturnal.
ALFRED: Bats may be.

But even for billionaire playboys,
three o'clock is pushing it.

The price for leading
a double life, I fear.

Your theatrics made an impression.

Theatricality and deception
are powerful weapons, Alfred.

This is a good start.

If those are to be the first
of many injuries to come,

it would be wise
to find a suitable excuse.

Polo, for instance.
I'm not learning polo, Alfred.

Strange injuries,
a non-existent social life...

these things beg the question

as to what exactly does Bruce Wayne
do with his time and his money.

What does someone like me do?

Drive sports cars.

Date movie stars.

Buy things that are not for sale.

Who knows, Master Wayne, you start
pretending to have fun,

you might even have a little
by accident.

Sir? We have a situation.
All right.

The Coast Guard picked up
one of our cargo ships last night.

Heavily damaged.
All crew missing, probably dead.

The ship was carrying
a prototype weapon.

It's a microwave emitter.

It's designed for desert warfare,
but it...

...it looks like somebody, um...

...turned it on.

It uses focused microwaves to
vaporise the enemy's water supply.

The damage to the ship
was catastrophic.

The weapon itself is...

Missing?
Yeah.

Nice car.
You should see my other one.

WOMAN: He's done something
the police have never done.

MAN: You can't take the law
into your own hands.

At least he's getting
something done.

Bruce, help me out here.

Well, a guy who dresses up
like a bat clearly has issues.

But he's put Falcone behind bars.

The cops want to bring him in.
What does that tell you?

They're jealous.

Sir, the pool is for decoration,

and your friends
do not have swimwear.

Well, they're European.

I'm going to have to ask you
to leave.

It is not a question of money.

You see...

I'm buying this hotel and, uh,

setting some new rules
about the pool area.

I think the Batman deserves a medal.

And a straitjacket to pin it on.

Bruce?

Rachel?
I had heard you were back.

What are you doing?
Ah... just swimming.

Wow, it is good to see you.

You were gone a long time.

I know. How are things?
The same.

The job's getting worse.
Can't change the world on your own.

What choice do I have...

...when you're too busy swimming?

Rachel, all of... all this...

...it's... it's not me.

It's... Inside, I am...

I am more.

GIRL: Come on, Bruce, come on!

Bruce! We have some more hotels
for you to buy!

Bruce.

Deep down, you may still be
that same great kid you used to be.

But it's not
who you are underneath...

...it's what you do that defines you.

Dr Crane, thanks for coming.
Not at all.

He cut his wrists?

Probably looking
for the insanity plea,

but if anything should happen...

Of course, better safe than sorry.

Yeah, Dr Crane, I can't take it
any more, it's all too much.

The walls are closing in,
blah, blah, blah.

A couple of days of this food,
it'll be true.

What do you want?

I wanna know how you're gonna
convince me to keep my mouth shut.

About what? You don't know anything.

I know you don't want the cops

to take a closer look
at the drugs they seized.

And I know about your experiments
with the inmates of your nuthouse.

See, I don't go into business
with a guy

without finding out
his dirty secrets.

And, oh, those goons you used.

I own the muscle in this town.

Now, I've been bringing your stuff
in for months,

so whatever he's planning,
it's big.

And I want in.

Well, I already know what he'll say.

That we should kill you.

Even he can't get me in here.
Not in my town.

Would you like to see my mask?

I use it in my experiments.

It's probably not very frightening
to a guy like you.

But these crazies,
they can't stand it.

So when did the nut
take over the nuthouse?

DR CRANE: They scream
and they cry...

Much as you're doing now.

Well, he's not faking. Not that one.

I'll talk to the judge
and see if I can get him moved

to the secure wing at Arkham.

I can't treat him here.
SCREAMING

BABY CRIES

BATMAN: Storm's coming.

The scum is getting jumpy
because you stood up to Falcone.

It's a start. Your partner
was at the docks with Falcone.

He moonlights
as a low-level enforcer.

They were splitting the shipment
in two.

Only half went to the dealers.
Why? What about the other half?

Flass knows.
He won't talk.

He'll talk to me.

Commissioner Loeb set up
a massive task force to catch you.

He thinks you're dangerous.
What do you think?

I think you're trying to help.

But I've been wrong before.

THUNDER CRASHES

Come on, I ain't got all night.

Flass, I have kids to feed.
What, they don't like falafel?

HE SCREAMS

GROWLS: Where were the other drugs
going?

I never knew.
I don't know. I swear to God.

Swear to me!
FLASS SCREAMS

I don't know. I never knew. Never.

They went to some guy for a couple
of days before the dealers.

Why?

There was something, something
else in the drugs, something hidden.

What?
I never went to the drop-off point.

It was in the Narrows. Cops only go
there when they're in force.

Do I look like a cop?
No!

FLASS SCREAMS

GROANS

This is the one I'm talking about.

What's your problem with it?
It shouldn't exist.

The ship left Singapore with 246
containers, but arrived with 247.

So I'm guessing there's something
I'm not supposed to find in it.

Listen, councillor, we don't want
to know what's in Falcone's crate.

Things are working a little
differently now. Open it up.

What the hell is this?

It's you, isn't it?
Everybody's been talking about you.

MAN: Get in here!
WOMAN: Don't you yell at him!

The other kids won't believe me.

DOOR OPENS

Get rid of all traces.

Better torch the whole place.
All right.

DR CRANE: Oh, having trouble?

Take a seat. Have a drink.

You look like a man
who takes himself too seriously.

Do you want my opinion?
You need to lighten up.

GRUNTS

STRAINS AND GRUNTS

Alfred? Alfred?

Blood. Take...

Take the poison,
blood, poison, poisonous, poisonous.

FATHER: Bruce...

...why do we fall?

BIRDSONG

How long was I out?
Two days.

It's your birthday.

Many happy returns.

I've felt these effects before,
but this was so much more potent.

Some kind of hallucinogen,
weaponised, in aerosol form.

You have been hanging out
in the wrong clubs, Mr Wayne.

I called Mr Fox when you worsened
after the first day.

I analysed your blood,

isolating the receptor compounds
and the protein-based catalyst.

Am I meant to understand
any of that?

Not at all. I just wanted you
to know how hard it was.

Bottom line,
I synthesised an antidote.

Could you make more?

You planning on gassing yourself
again, Mr Wayne?

Well, you know how it is, Mr Fox.

You're out at night,
looking for kicks,

someone's passing around
the weaponised hallucinogens.

I'll bring what I have.

The antidote should inoculate you
for now.

Alfred, always a pleasure.
Lucius.

You sure you don't want to come in?

I have to get back.
I just wanted to leave this.

Thank you.
Rachel?

Looks like someone's been
burning the candle at both ends.

Must've been quite an occasion.
It is my birthday.

I know.
I'm sorry I can't come tonight.

I was dropping off your present.
You've got better plans?

My boss has been missing for two
days, which, in this town means

that I should start by looking
at the bottom of the river.

Rachel...
Excuse me.

PHONE RINGS

Rachel Dawes.

Who authorised that?
Get Crane down there right now.

Don't take no for an answer.
Call Dr Lehmann.

Say we need our own assessment
on the judge's desk by morning.

What's wrong?
It's Falcone.

Dr Crane moved him to Arkham Asylum
on suicide watch.

You're going to Arkham now?
It's in the Narrows, Rachel.

You enjoy your party, Bruce.
Some of us have work to do.

You be careful.

Happy birthday.

CAR STARTS

But, Master Wayne,
the guests will be arriving.

Keep them happy until I arrive.
Tell them that joke you know.

EARLE: Having fun?

Bill? Now, what's a big shot like
you doing in a place like this?

I need some information.
The Wayne Enterprise,

47B1ME.

1ME. It's a microwave emitter.

It designed to vaporize
an enemy's water supply.

Rumour was, they tested dispersing
water-based chemical agents

into the air,
but isn't that illegal?

I want all the information
on the development of this project.

All data, files, back-up disks,
on my desk right away.

Did you lose one?

I'm merging your department
with Archives...

...and I am firing you.

Didn't you get the memo?

FALCONE: Scarecrow.

Scarecrow.

Miss Dawes, this is most irregular.

I have nothing further to add to
the report I filed with the judge.

I have questions about your report.
Such as?

Isn't it convenient
for a 52-year-old man

who has no history of mental illness

to suddenly have
a psychotic breakdown

just when he's about to be indicted?

As you can see for yourself,

there is nothing convenient
about his symptoms.

Scarecrow.
What's "scarecrow"?

Patients suffering
delusional episodes

often focus their paranoia
on an external tormentor,

usually one conforming
to Jungian archetypes.

In this case, a scarecrow.

He's drugged?

Psychopharmacology
is my primary field.

THROUGH HEARING DEVICE:
'I'm a strong advocate.

'Outside, he was a giant.'

In here, only the mind
can grant you power.

You enjoy the reversal.

I respect the mind's power
over the body.

It's why I do what I do.

I do what I do to keep thugs
like Falcone behind bars,

not in therapy.

I want my own psychiatric consultant
to have full access to Falcone,

including blood work,
to find out what you put him on.

First thing tomorrow, then.
Tonight.

I have already paged Dr Lehmann
at County General.

DR CRANE: As you wish.

This way, please.

There's something I think
you should see.

This is where we make the medicine.

Perhaps you should have some.
Clear your head.

BELL RINGS

SCREAMS AND CHOKES

Who knows you're here?

Who knows?

He's here.

THUG: Who?
The Batman.

What do we do?

What anyone does
when a prowler comes around.

Call the police.

You want the cops here?
At this point, they can't stop us.

But the Batman has a talent
for disruption.

Force him outside,
the police will take him down. Go.

What about her?
She hasn't got long.

I gave her a concentrated dose.

The mind can only take so much.
Now, go.

The things they say about him,
can he really fly?

OTHER THUG:
I heard he can disappear.

Well, we'll find out.

Won't we?

CLANKING

Taste of your own medicine, Doctor?

What have you been doing here?
CRANE WHEEZES

Crane, who are you working for?

Ra's. Ra's Al Ghul.

Ra's Al Ghul is dead.

Who are you working for?

Crane!

Dr Crane isn't here right now...

...but if you'd like
to make an appointment.

POLICE SIRENS WAIL

GROWLS

THROUGH LOUD-HAILER: 'Batman! Put
down your weapons and surrender.

'You're surrounded.'

What are you waiting for?
Back-up.

Back-up?
The Batman's in there.

SWAT's on the way,
but if you wanna go in now,

I'll be right behind you, sir.

SWAT's on the way.

Hey.

GORDON: What's happened to her?

Crane poisoned her
with a psychotropic hallucinogen.

A panic-inducing toxin.

Let me get her down to the medics.
They can't help her, but I can.

Get her downstairs. Meet me
in the alley on the Narrows side.

DISTANT SQUEAKING

Crane's been smuggling his toxin
hidden inside Falcone's drugs,

and then dumping it
in the water supply.

What was he planning?

I don't know.
Was he working for Falcone?

He mentioned someone else.
Someone worse.

She needs the antidote
before the damage is permanent.

How long does she have?
Not long.

SQUEAKING

What is that?

Back-up.
What the...?

Excuse me.

How is she?
She's fading. We gotta go.

POLICE SIREN WAILS

I'll get my car.
I brought mine.

Yours?
ENGINE ROARS

I gotta get me one of those.

COP: He is in a vehicle.
RADIO: 'Make and colour?'

Uh, it's a black... tank.

Stay calm. You've been poisoned.

I'm on him.

Breathe slowly.

Hold on.

POLICE SIRENS WAIL

What are you doing?
Short cut.

RADIO: 'Block that ramp.

'He's got no way off that roof.'

Turn off your engine!
Step away from the car!

Trust me.

BATMOBILE:
'Weapon system activated.'

Who is this guy?

'Where's he going?'
He's on the roof!

'What street is he taking?'

He's not on a street!
He's flying on rooftops!

At least tell me
what it looks like.

Never mind.

Got him.

SHE GASPS

Coming right up on his butt.

We're tracking suspect vehicle.
Heading west on I-17.

Air One to Ground, lost visual.
I've lost him.

Exit nine is blocked,
we'll loop back to check the road.

BATMOBILE: 'Stealth mode activated.'

Stay with me.

There he is!

Just hold on!

Rachel!

They get any of this crap
into the mains?

Oh, yeah.
Notify the water company.

There's got to be a way
to isolate the areas.

No, you don't understand.
They put it all in.

Gotham's entire water supply
is laced with it.

Why haven't we felt the effects?

Must be a compound that has
to be absorbed by the lungs.

BATS SCREECH,
WINGS FLUTTER

How do you feel?

Where are we?
Why did you bring me here?

If I hadn't,
your mind would now be lost.

You were poisoned.

It was Dr Crane. I...
Rest.

Gordon has Crane.

Is Sergeant Gordon your friend?

I don't have the luxury of friends.

I'm gonna give you a sedative.

You'll wake up back at home.

When you do, get these to Gordon,
and Gordon alone. Trust no-one.

What are they?
The antidote.

One for Gordon to inoculate himself,
the other for mass production.

Mass production?

Crane was just a pawn.
We need to be ready.

When you told me your grand plan
for saving Gotham,

the only thing that stopped me
from calling the men in white coats

was when you said that it wasn't
about thrill-seeking.

It's not.
What would you call that?

Damn good television.
It's a miracle no-one was killed.

I didn't have time to observe
the rules of the road, Alfred.

You're getting lost
inside this monster of yours.

I'm using this monster
to help other people,

just like my father did.

For Thomas Wayne, helping others

wasn't about proving anything
to anyone, including himself.

It's Rachel, Alfred. She was dying.

She's downstairs, sedated.
I need you to take her home.

Well, we both care for Rachel, sir.

But what you're doing
has to be beyond that.

It can't be personal,
or you're just a vigilante.

Is Fox still here?
Yes, sir.

We need to send
these people away now.

Those are Bruce Wayne's guests.
You have a name to maintain.

I don't care about my name.

It's not just your name, sir.
It's your father's name.

And it's all that's left of him.

Don't destroy it.

♪ Happy birthday to you

♪ Happy birthday, dear Bruce

♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪

Mr Earle.

Happy birthday, Bruce.
Thank you.

How did the stock offering go?

Prices soared.
Who was buying?

All kinds of funds and brokerages.
It's a bit technical.

The key thing is
our company's future is secure.

Great.

A little the worse for wear,
I'm afraid.

GORDON: What was the plan, Crane?

How were you gonna get your toxin
into the air?

Scarecrow. Scarecrow.

Who were you working for, Crane?

Oh, it's too late.

You can't stop it now.

Happy birthday, Bruce.
Thank you. Thanks.

And thank you for that item.

You're welcome.
I know you'll put it to good use.

I already have.

How long would it take
to manufacture on a large scale?

Weeks. Why?

Somebody's planning to disperse
the toxin using the water supply.

The water supply won't help you
disperse an inhalant.

What?

Unless you have a microwave emitter

powerful enough to vaporize
all the water in the mains.

A microwave emitter like the one
Wayne Enterprises just misplaced.

Misplaced?

Earle just fired me for asking
too many questions about it.

I need you to go back
to Wayne Enterprises right now

and start making more
of that antidote.

The police will need as much
as they can get their hands on, OK?

My security clearance
has been revoked.

That wouldn't stop a man like you.
I suppose not.

Bruce, there's somebody here
you must meet.

Not now, Mrs Delane.

Now, am I pronouncing this right,

Mr Ra's Al Ghul?

You're not Ra's Al Ghul.

I watched him die.

DUCARD: But is Ra's Al Ghul
immortal?

Are his methods supernatural?

Or cheap parlour tricks
to conceal your true identity, Ra's?

Surely a man who spends his nights

scrambling over the rooftops
of Gotham

wouldn't begrudge me
dual identities?

I saved your life.

I warned you about compassion,
Bruce.

Your quarrel is with me.

You let these people go.

You are welcome
to explain the situation to them.

Everyone.

Everybody.

I, uh...

...I wanna thank you all
for coming here tonight

and drinking all of my booze.
LAUGHTER

No, really.

There's a thing
about being a Wayne that...

you're never short of
a few freeloaders,

like yourselves,
to fill up your mansion with.

So, here's to you people. Thank you.

That's enough, Bruce.
I'm not finished.

To all of you...

all of you phoneys,
all of you two-faced friends,

you sycophantic suck-ups
who smile through your teeth at me,

please, leave me in peace.

Please, go.

Stop smiling, it's not a joke.
Please leave.

The party's over, get out.

The apple has fallen very far
from the tree, Mr Wayne.

Amusing... but pointless.

None of these people have long
to live.

Your antics at the asylum
have forced my hand.

So Crane was working for you.

His toxin is derived

from the organic compound found
in our blue flowers.

He was able to weaponise it.

He's not a member
of the League of Shadows?

Of course not. He thought our plan
was to hold the city to ransom.

But, really, you are gonna release
Crane's poison on the entire city.

Then watch Gotham tear itself apart
through fear.

BRUCE: You're gonna destroy
millions of lives.

RA'S: Only a cynical man would call
what these people have "lives".

Crime. Despair.

This is not how man was supposed
to live.

The League of Shadows has been
a check against human corruption

for thousands of years.

We sacked Rome.

Loaded trade ships
with plague rats.

Burned London to the ground.

Every time a civilisation reaches
the pinnacle of its decadence,

we return to restore the balance.

Gotham isn't beyond saving.

Give me more time.
There are good people here.

You are defending a city so corrupt

we have infiltrated every level
of its infrastructure.

Time to play.

When I found you in that jail,
you were lost.

But I believed in you.

I took away your fear
and I showed you a path.

You were my greatest student.

It should be you standing
by my side, saving the world.

I'll be standing where I belong...

...between you
and the people of Gotham.

No-one can save Gotham.

GLASS SMASHES
When a forest grows too wild,

a purging fire is inevitable
and natural.

Tomorrow, the world will watch
in horror

as its greatest city
destroys itself.

The movement back to harmony
will be unstoppable this time.

You attacked Gotham before?
Of course.

Over the ages, our weapons
have grown more sophisticated.

With Gotham, we tried a new one.
Economics.

But we underestimated
certain of Gotham's citizens...

...such as your parents.

Gunned down by one of the very
people they were trying to help.

Create enough hunger,
and everyone becomes a criminal.

Their deaths galvanised the city
into saving itself,

and Gotham has limped on ever since.

We are back to finish the job.

This time, no misguided idealists
will get in the way.

Like your father,

you lack the courage
to do all that is necessary.

If someone stands
in the way of true justice,

you simply walk up behind them
and stab them in the heart.

I am gonna stop you.

You never did learn
to mind your surroundings.

Justice is balance.

You burned my house
and left me for dead.

Consider us even.

ALARM BELL RINGS

SCREAMING

No-one comes out. Make sure.

They're all gone?
How many from maximum security?

Every one of them.
Serial killers, rapists.

Get them to raise the bridges.

We don't want any
getting off the island.

Yeah, I'll raise the bridges...

when I get every available unit
out here

to catch the homicidal maniacs
that are running loose out there.

Come on!

SIRENS IN DISTANCE

BOTH GRUNT

I hope you're not
a member of the fire brigade.

Master Wayne! Master Wayne!

What is the point
of all those push-ups

if you can't even lift
a bloody log?

BRUCE GRUNTS

BRUCE COUGHS

BRUCE: What have I done, Alfred?

Everything my family,
my father, built.

The Wayne legacy is more
than bricks and mortar, Sir.

I wanted to save Gotham. I failed.

Why do we fall, Sir?

So that we can learn
to pick ourselves up.

You still haven't given up on me?

Never.

GLASS SMASHES
COP: Down!

MAN: Harassment! I see harassment!

Well, maybe you'd like to see
some excessive force?

Madman with a gun.

NEIGHING

NEWSREADER: 'With residents furious
at the unprecedented show

'of police strength
to round up the inmates...'

Lady,
we're about to raise these bridges.

Sir, I'm a Gotham City
district attorney. Let me pass.

HELICOPTER WHIRRING

MAN: Hey, Flass, cool it!
Just shut up!

COP: Hold these people back.

COP: Hey, Gordon,
there's somebody here to see you.

What are you doing here?
Our mutual friend sent me with this.

It counteracts Crane's toxin.
Hopefully, you won't need it.

Not unless he's got some way
of getting that crap into the air.

All right, last one across.
SIREN WAILS

MAN: Come on, people,

they want this bridge up
in no more than three minutes!

We better get you off the island
before they raise the bridges.

Patrolman!

Go!

CROWD ROARING

BRAKES SCREECH

WOMAN SCREAMS

I can't find my mom.
RACHEL: Hey!

SIGNAL RINGING

What the hell are you doing?

Gentlemen. Time to spread the word.

VAPORISER POWERING UP

And the word is...

...panic.
STEAM HISSING

SCREAMING

PRESSURISED EXPLOSIONS

SCREAMING,
METALLIC CLANGING

COMPUTER BEEPING
Jesus. The pressure, it's spiking.

Right there.

That water main
is right under the Narrows.

COUGHING

CHILD COUGHS
It's OK.

GRUNTS
Argh.

DISTANT SCREAMING

DISTORTED VOICES BABBLE

FLASS GRUNTS

This is Commissioner Loeb.

Come on, somebody talk to me.
Come on!

SCREAMING

Loeb, this is Gordon.
What the hell is going on in there?

We need reinforcements.
TAC teams, SWATs, riot cops!

Whoa, Gordon. Gordon!

All the city's riot police
are on the island with you.

GORDON: 'But they're
completely incapacitated!'

RACHEL: It's OK, it's OK.
No-one's gonna hurt you.

Of course they are!
Crane?

No. Scarecrow!
HORSE NEIGHS

Gordon,
there's nobody left to send in.

So I'm on my own?

The Narrows
is tearing itself to pieces.

This is just the beginning.

If they hit the whole city
with toxin,

there's nothing to stop Gotham

tearing itself apart
from mass panic.

How they gonna do that?
They'll be using the train.

The monorail follows the water mains

to the central hub
beneath Wayne Tower.

If they get their machine
into Wayne Station,

it'll cause a chain reaction

that'll vaporise
the entire city's water supply.

Covering Gotham in this poison.

I'll stop them loading that train,
but I may need your help.

What do you need?
Can you drive stick?

SCREAMING

CRANE: There you are.
There is nothing to fear...

FLAMES ROAR
...but fear itself!

CRANE MUTTERS

ELECTRICITY CRACKLES,
CRANE SCREAMS

BOY: Batman will save us.
He'll come.

He'll come.
Don't peek.

GRUNTING,
STRUGGLING

ELECTRONIC BEEPING

This is Gordon.
Prepare to lower the bridge.

I told you he'd come.

RACHEL: Wait.

You could die.
At least tell me your name.

It's not who I am underneath...

...but what I do that defines me.

Bruce?

SCREAMING

SCREAMING CONTINUES

Well, well.

You took my advice about
theatricality a bit literally.

It ends here.
For you and the police, maybe.

My fight, however,
lies with the rest of Gotham.

Now, if you will excuse me,
I have a city to destroy.

I can't beat two of your pawns?
As you wish.

TUMBLER: 'GPS online.'

ENGINE ROARS

'In 100 yards.'

Gentlemen.

CROWD ROARING

BATMAN GROANS

BATMAN GROANS,
GRUNTS

Who the hell authorised this?

TUMBLER: 'Distance to Wayne Tower,
three miles.'

STRAINS

GRUNTS

The pressure's moving along
the mains, blowing all the pipes.

If that pressure reaches us,

the water supply right across
the whole city is gonna blow!

TUMBLER: 'At the next intersection,
turn right.'

You will never learn.

TUMBLER BEEPING

Sorry.

Familiar.
Don't you have anything new?

How about this?
BLADE CLANKS

ELECTRICS FIZZING

BOTH GRUNTING

TUMBLER:
'You have arrived at Wayne Tower.'

Evacuate the building.

They're right on top
of the main hub,

and it's gonna blow.

TUMBLER BEEPING

TUMBLER: 'Weapons system activated.'
Oh... Whoa!

Nice ride.

TUMBLER: 'Armed.'

RAPID BEEPING

BRUCE GROANS

Don't be afraid, Bruce.

Come on. Come on.

TRACK GROANING

You are just an ordinary man
in a cape.

That's why
you couldn't fight injustice,

and that's why you can't
stop this train.

Who said anything about stopping it?

Yes!

You'll never learn
to mind your surroundings.

Have you finally learned
to do what is necessary?

I won't kill you.

But I don't have to save you.

VAPORISER POWERS DOWN

SIGHS

TUMBLER BEEPS

JESSICA:
The meeting's already started.

What meeting?

The m...

Fox, I seem to remember firing you.

You did.

I got another job.

Yours.
On whose authority?

Batman may have made the front page,

but Bruce Wayne
got pushed to page eight.

PHONE RINGS

Bruce Wayne.

What makes you think you can decide
who's running Wayne Enterprises?

Well, the fact that I'm the owner.
'What are you talking about?'

The company went public a week ago.

And I bought most of the shares.

'Through various
charitable foundations,

'and trusts, and so forth.'

Look, it's all a bit technical,

but the important thing is that
my company's future is secure.

Right, Mr Fox?
FOX: Right you are, Mr Wayne.

Didn't you get the memo?

BIRDSONG

I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Rachel.
No.

No, Bruce. I'm sorry.

The day that Chill died, I...

...I said terrible things.

But true things.

I was a coward with a gun,

and justice is about more
than revenge, so thank you.

I never stopped thinking about you.

About us.

Then when I heard
you were back, I...

...I started to hope.

But then I found out
about your mask.

Batman's just a symbol, Rachel.

No, this...

...is your mask.

Your real face is the one
that criminals now fear.

The man I loved,
the man who vanished...

...he never came back at all.

But maybe
he's still out there somewhere.

Maybe some day,
when Gotham no longer needs Batman,

I'll see him again.

Proved me wrong, you know.

About what?

Your father would be
very proud of you.

Just like me.

What will you do?

Rebuild it.

Just the way it was,
brick for brick.

Just the way it was, Sir?

Yeah, why?

I thought this might be
a good opportunity

for... improving the foundations.

In the southeast corner?
Precisely, Sir.

METALLIC CLANK

Nice.
I couldn't find any Mob bosses.

Well, Sergeant?
Oh, it's Lieutenant now.

You really started something.

Bent cops running scared.

Hope on the streets.

But?
The Narrows is lost.

And we still haven't picked up Crane

or half the inmates
of Arkham that he freed.

We will.

We can bring Gotham back.

What about escalation?
Escalation?

We start carrying semi-automatics,
they buy automatics.

We start wearing Kevlar,
they buy armour-piercing rounds.

And?

And you're wearing a mask.
Jumping off rooftops.

Now, take this guy.

Armed robbery, double homicide.

Got a taste for the theatrical
like you.

Leaves a calling card.

I'll look into it.

I never said thank you.

And you'll never have to.

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