 Working to reclaim the streets of Gotham as criminals look to assume control of the criminal underworld after the imprisonment of Carmine Falcone, Batman is aided by loyal Lieutanent James Gordon and D.A. Harvey Dent - a lawyer attempting to use the war against the mob as a platform for his election - in his crusading but things spiral out of control when the mob put their trust in a deranged psychopath who could bring all of Gotham to its knees.