The Batman: Shadow Of The Bat (2019)

The Batman: Shadow Of The Bat is the sequel and third installment to Zack Snyder 's Batman franchise. It is the sequel to The Batman: Detective (2017 movie). Obviously, Sam Worthington and other important players in the saga are returning in the movie as it releases in October 25th, 2015. Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, and David Benioff  will be the screenwriters for the film. Nolan said that he will write two more movies after this which he will end in the 5th movie, while Benioff signed a contract for just this movie and Nolan's brother Jonathan said that he will write until the end of the franchise! Actors such as Adrien Brody and Casey Affleck will play the main villains of the movie with Michael Fassbender playing a crucial villain as well. And Snyder said after he filmed the last movie, he said, "This movie will be a hella lot darker, moodier, and more violent especially with the villains Joker pulled into this remaining franchise." Booboo Stewart, the famous actor who played Robin in the first two films (which was one of the reasons why the movies grossed so highly in Box Office), said that he will not be in the franchise for a while, but he hinted that he will be back at sometime. Denzel Washington has confirmed that he will not return at all in the franchise, but he has said he will write the next two films after this movie! Snyder has said that this film will be the beginning to the darkness of the franchise, since the first two films, as he said, "Were honestly not that dark". He also stated that Bruce Wayne will finally have a love interest in the movie until the 4th movie, which is Penelope Cruz. Snyder and his writing crew have been getting bothered on any upcoming spin-off films to the franchise and since too "annoyed", he decided to work with and make an agreement to make spin-off films. Films such relating to Joker and Commissioner Gordon will be released as spin-off films, having the Joker film be released in 2020 and the Gordon film released in 2021!

Cast

 * Sam Worthington as Bruce Wayne/Batman
 * Adrien Brody as The Joker
 * Penelope Cruz as Rachel Caspian
 * Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth
 * Casey Affleck as Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow
 * Bryan Cranston as Commissioner James "Jim" Gordon
 * Viggo Mortenson as Captain Cole Fillers
 * Michael Fassbender as Harvey Dent/Two-Face
 * Tyler Posey as Jason Todd
 * Stella Hudgens as Barbara Gordon/Oracle
 * Shay Mitchell as Dana Tan
 * Jake T. Austin as Tim Drake
 * John Goodman as Detective Harvey Bullock
 * Yvonne Strahovski as Vicki Vale
 * Peter Dinklage as Oswald Cobblepot
 * TBA as Young Bruce Wayne

Movie Length
2 hours, 56 minutes, 24 seconds

Story
A month into Gotham being cleaned up after Freeze's attack in Gotham, Gotham is new and improved. Bruce Wayne meets a beautiful woman who later becomes his girlfriend, befriends him in the city of Gotham. Meanwhile, mysterious deaths and carnage have been spotted in Gotham City and Batman later learns it is a psychotic and mental clown named, The Joker, who becomes his archenemy. While dealing with dealing with a gang war between three gangs, Batman must stop the three villains, especially Joker before he causes more chaos in Gotham City and turns Gotham "out of the box".

Batman

 * 1) Smoke Bombs
 * 2) Batarangs
 * 3) Batclaw
 * 4) Weapons Disrupter
 * 5) Noise Beam
 * 6) Hacking Sequencer
 * 7) Sonar Tracking Device
 * 8) EMP Gun

Plot
The film begins with a quick flashback of a comedian falling down a green pit in Ace Chemicals. The movie switches to the police trying to find the comedian, but someone pops out horrifyingly in the chemicals pit and the it is the comedian turned psychotic and mental maniac named The Joker. He has killed many people in Gotham City. It shows Joker saying, "Gotham City, city of the peace (laughs). The joy will come as long as the Joker causes chaos!" It shows Joker and how he will one day defeat Batman in the future. It fades to black, showing The Batman: Shadow Of The Bat.

Politics and critics are online, bothering and non-stopping to criticize Bruce Wayne about Ferris Boyle being in prison for the past month after Freeze's attack. Bruce is drinking beer with Harvey Dent, "Ya know, Harvey, it is really annoying having all these guys on your back isn't it?" "You and me both, Bruce. Look I'm sorry about what Ferris Boyle did. Because of him, your company is running low. I, as the attorney of Gotham, will help you fund Wayne Enterprises. I promise." "Thank you, Harvey (pours another glass of beer)". Harvey hangs out with Bruce at dinner and they become closer as they did in the couple years. Harvey tells Gordon; "Yeah, Bruce Wayne is like a brother to me." "Smart man, he is."

Three vans, each holding 5 people in it, are driving. The vans symbolize the gang's manic side and it has dark smiley faces on it, worshiping the Joker! The gang has 15 thugs, they stop at the Gotham Merchants Bank, which was originally founded by Roman Sionis. Their appearances include clown masks with tattoos and crazy biker jackets and/or prison suits, which references to some of the thugs being escapees from Blackgate Prison or Arkham Asylum. The gang leader kicks the door; "Everyone, get down or we will kill you (laughs)!" He shoots everywhere, destroying the security cameras to destroy evidence. He grabs the manager and points an MF42 AEK at him and says, "Bring me to the vault!" The rest of his thugs guard the bank to make sure no one leaves. The manager brings the leader to the vaults, having him bazooka it then he takes all the cash. He goes to his guards; "Mr. Boss, you need to split the cash." The leader takes off his mask and it is the Joker! He shoots the guys who ask him to split the cash, which is 3/4 of them. And he says, "Anyone else what to chime in (laughs very hard)?" His two most trusted gang members take the cash with them into the van. The manager is still alive, so he shoots their van, causing great attention towards the Joker. Joker goes in and laughs, saying, "Oh, sweetie. You really want to play that way that huh (laughs)? You're going to hell, so why so serious?!" He puts a bomb taped to her mouth and it is going to detonate in 30 seconds. Joker walks to the van and drives out. Half the bank blows up and the police come too late, having the new captain of the GCPD, Captain Cole Fillers, finds out that the evidence is destroyed; "Damn it, Gordon. The evidence was destroyed." They see a violent carnage of bodies in the bank. Fillers almost throws up and says, "What kind of monster did this?" Gordon argues, "What; we dealt with Firefly and Sionis before? What maniac is it now?" "No, Gordon. You just don't understand. These gang members are very hell-like crooks... they put bodies everywhere and shredded blood on innocents." Gordon stays still for a moment.

5 Blackgate prisoner escapees are roaming around the streets. Detective Bullock puts on the Batsignal for Batman, seeing a batarang whoosh by and has a note on it, "I got it." Bullock says, "It's always spooky for you, ain't it Bats?" Batman is riding his new and developed Batbike, which wheels are very tight and firm compared to the Batmobile. He rides on it, having him have a Sonar Tracking Device, a device used to easily track inmates, villains, etc. The device tracks 5 Blackgate escapees each holding a police officer on the back of their motorcycles. They go into a tunnel, having to turn all the lights off. Bullock is on a police car riding with a rookie; "Boy, you are in a ride tonight, son." The tunnel turns on and off every 10 seconds, which causes major car crashes. An escapee gets tased by something unknown, having the officer fall down, but a batclaw catches him, hanging him upside down; "Thank you, I owe you one, Batman!" Batman is revealed to being using his EMP gun, a gift from Lucius Fox before Lucius moved to Star City (easter egg), and it is a gun that shoots lasers. He continues to ride the Batbike, boosting it up. The prisoner's motorcycles are too fast, so he boosts out of his seat and glides, shooting the 4 remaining prisoners. A prisoner tries to get up, but Batman uses his spike on his arm and hits him brutally.

Bruce Wayne is at a party with Harvey Dent, which's purpose is to introduce "Gotham's White Knight" as Dent calls himself now. Dent and Bruce talk about Batman and Dent starts to lose his trust in Batman because he did not stop the smiley faced thugs from robbing the Gotham Merchants. Bruce says, "Who is this mob?" "They're crazy, Bruce. How do you expect Batman to be good if he did not stop it?" Bruce feels guilty. A beautiful woman named Rachel Caspian has entered the party, being a friend of Harvey. Bruce stares at her, falling in love with her; "Bruce Wayne, right? I heard so much about you, Bruce. Must be stressful to deal with the politicians and the paparazzi, ya know?" "Yes, I feel you, Rachel." They get along because Rachel is a very kind, gentle, and enthusiastic woman. "Hey, Rachel, there is a drink bar in the building. The manager is very nice." Harvey tells Bruce that he loves that Rachel and Bruce are getting along, but Bruce does not tell Harvey that he is in love with her. The movie goes into a montage two hours later after midnight, where the party ends. Rachel blindly asks Bruce if they can go out sometime if he is available. Bruce accepts and tells her he is available in two more days.

Bruce goes to the Batcave; "Master Bruce, how was the party?" "It was great, Alfred. I met this new woman I fell in love with named, Rachel Caspian. She's a real sweetheart." "(chuckles) Master Wayne, you do know that you have been caught sleeping with woman in the past?" "No, but she's different." Bruce changes the subject, thinking of what Harvey told him about the smiley face psychopathic gang that robbed Gotham Merchants Bank. "Wasn't that originally owned by Sionis, you know; when he was not ruling Gotham?" "Yes, Alfred." Bruce uses his Batcomputer to search of any message or given word about the mob. Oracle, the name Barbara Gordon is giving herself to hack in systems and aid Batman in his missions, hack into the Batcave communications; "Barbara, what are you doing?" "I'm a tech genius. You should know that by now, Bruce." Barbara is in her apartment. Bruce tells Barbara of the new mob who has made a far move in Gotham City by robbing and destroying most of Gotham Merchants Bank, the 3rd largest bank in all of Gotham. Barbara has to go because Wayne Manor is getting a ring on their door, which Bruce rings and a poor lady is begging Bruce to adopt a poor young adult orphan named, Jason Todd, the one who went to college with Dick Grayson. "Okay, ma'am. Thank you for informing me of this. I will take care of him." Jason introduces him to Bruce. They get in an awkward moment since Jason can, at times, be sassy and rude, but often a little bit kind. Jason says, "Thank you for adopting me, Bruce Wayne or as I could call you dad." They befriend each other, while Bruce takes him around Gotham the next day because Jason just moved from a small town to Gotham a month ago. Bruce and Jason, while going around Gotham on a tour, talk about Dick and Jason tells how he has befriended Barbara.

Dr. Jonathan Crane from Arkham Asylum has been locked up for a month after he took it too far when he used his fear gas enough to kill one of the inmates! Because of that, the cops and guards having been treating him poorly. A cop who has once dealt with Crane's gas still is anxious and frightened after what Crane did to him. He hallucinates on Crane saying, "I am Scarecrow!" The cop screams and he picks up the cop's key and breaks himself out of the cell. He secretly breaks out of the cell, spraying fear gas on anyone who gets in his way such as inmates and prison guards. His recruit rookie thugs come in with a van and they give him a suitcase holding his suit, which he has poison claws with a tight outfit that looks terrifying with gray and brown covers and a hood.

A mob is meeting up in their hideout and half of them are of the Joker's thugs wearing crazy and psychopathic masks and clothes and the other half has recruits looking to join his team. The gang is meeting; "So that bank robbery you guys pulled off, huh? Really impressive." They talk, but then we learn that the Joker's gang is very rude, loud, and scary-looking. The Joker comes in, "Well, leave me out of the party. That's cold, guys, even for a guy like me (laughs). Now you guys better join me or I'll abuse one of you (laughs)!" Joker gets underestimated by one of the gang members, who was revealed to be forced to join the gang because Joker threatened to kill his wife and actually did. The guy tries to punch Joker in the face, but Joker gets a out joker card deck and puts it on his head, cutting his mouth bloody. The Joker kills him and says, "Who else would like to chime in?" He recruits the gang members after they show him their shooting skills and their "laugh". The gang tells Joker about the Batman because the comedian just came to Gotham about 5 days ago and fell into Ace Chemicals 3 days ago and started his riot 2 days ago so he is not familiar with "The Batman". The gang shows clips of Batman beating up many gangs and "leaving them with broken teeth and bones". Some of the gang says that they are scared of him, but Joker tells them they need to work together to cause chaos in Gotham City and "kill Batman's deepest soul and heart (laughs)!"

Bruce goes to the date to AMIABLY, a famous and fancy restaurant in Arkham City, with Rachel Caspian. They order food; "So Bruce, what do you like to do here in Gotham?" "Well, Rachel, as you may know, I am a playboy philanthropist billionaire in Gotham. I'm trying to change this world." "Yeah, I know what you mean. I pity you for having to deal with Ferris Boyle because his charges were down after what he did with Dr. Fries." They talk as their food is ordered, as Bruce is having Salami Salad with a side dish of onions and egg whites, while Rachel is having salmon, beef with tomatoes and sushi. During their conversation about Gotham, Rachel brings up the topic of Harvey Dent being "Gotham's White Knight". She reveals that she does not trust Batman because he is not a hero. Bruce does not argue with her because it is their first date and he thinks she is too gorgeous. When they leave the restaurant, paparazzi jumps in asking questions like; "Bruce Wayne, is it true you and Rachel are dating?" They ask questions to make Bruce answer so they can put it on the newspaper. In a fast way, Rachel, the next day, becomes famous and she starts thinking of Bruce being the next love of her life.

Harvey Dent is in judge jury as he is questioning Oswald Cobblepot, a drug dealer, for working with the Joker; "I make orders in this town. Now Cobblepot, if you want to pass this jury, then just surrender yourself. If you want to make it really bad, then do what you want to." "I ain't scared of you, Dent!" He reveals to the crowd that he has a "lucky coin" that he flips. He explains, "If the criminal is in my path, if he gets heads, then he is a lucky man. If he doesn't and gets tails instead, he will go to prison and rot in there forever." "So what if I work with the Joker?" "He's tearing my beloved city apart!" Harvey flips the coin and it is tails, while the cops bring Cobblepot into a cell in the GCPD. Harvey tells Gordon, who is in the crowd, about that. Harvey and Gordon start to connect like they used to. Elsewhere, Alfred and Bruce are on Wayne Tower, where Bruce Wayne is sitting on the couch, entering the secret Whitecave that Lucius and him discovered when Fox was still in Gotham City. As Bruce is walking to get his suit, "Master Wayne, where are you headed this time? I have to get to Wayne Manor at night to babysit Jason. He seems like a nice young boy." "He's 19 almost 20 years old, Alfred. Take good care of him. He will be like my 'new son' since Dick moved on to Bludhaven to protect that city." "Yes... Dick was a very good person, Master Bruce." Bruce draws the button into the Batsuit chamber. He has ignored his previous suit and created a new suit, not so armory and shiny, but a slightly different batsign on his chest as well. Bruce boosts up his belt, making anyone else with Bruce's DNA difference is going to get shocked to death. Bruce puts on the Batsuit, putting Barbara in this place so that she can often work with Bruce. Batman puts on his communication systems in the suit so he could clearly hear Oracle's help if needed. On the TV; "Alfred turn the volume up." Vicki Vale, "Police have reported two psychopaths lurking in the streets of Gotham. The first is a creepy dude who calls himself the Scarecrow and he has had past evaluations of his killings of what he likes to call his 'Fear Gas'. It affects peoples' worst nightmare in a larger way. The next psychopath is the Joker. He's robbed the Gotham Merchants Bank and blew it up. Many dead bodies were reported to the autopsy as witnesses have come up like Commissioner James Gordon and Attorney Harvey Dent are on the problem." "So sir, I'm assuming you have two psychopaths to deal with." "I'm headed for Scarecrow next, whoever may he be."