Wayne (Film)

Gotham; is an American Action/Drama film centered around the Dark Knights first days as the Batman. In this film, you dive deep into the Batman mythos and travel into the dark reaches of the mind of Bruce Wayne as he returns to the city which he has dreaded since the death of his parents to combat the rising threat of Mayor Cobblepot and his corrupt view of the city.

With his head turned other places, Cobblepot hires Detective Nigma to deal with the media frenzy known as "The Batman".

Meanwhile, Captain Gordon and his new partner Bullock of the GCPD begin to question the city itself, and begin their crusade to turn things around.

The film is heavily based on the comic Batman: Year One and the fan film Batman: Puppet-master

Plot
The film begins with Bruce dragging his parents along to the movie theater, the lights going out, and the Wayne family leaving. Unknowingly the family steps out the back door into an ally where Thomas and Martha Wayne are shot, Their ex-british army butler, Alfred arrives too late to pick them up, and later is labelled as Bruce's legal guardian. Giving the boy a break, Alfred takes him on a 13 year trip around the globe, all the while, teaching him self-defense.

At the end of the 13th year, Alfred leaves the adult Bruce in Japan as he returns to Gotham to prepare the estate for Bruce's imminent return.

Returning to Wayne Manor 3 years later, Alfred moves all of Wayne's memorabilia into the estate which includes Samurai Armor and a broad selection of Katanas. One sword in particular caught Alfred's eye as being a Yakuza Katana then begins to question Bruce about what he was doing in Japan, but to no avail.

Keeping his return currently a secret, Bruce stays in the house for a week. Alfred leaves for a trip up to Bludhaven for the weekend, and people (unaware of Bruce's return) break into the house. Quickly attacking them as a response, Bruce uses the Japanese self defense weapons he has displayed on his wall to disarm and defeat the intruders.

With all but one defeated, Bruce finds the last intruder leaving the building with Martha Wayne's jewels and Bruce decides to take the shortcut through the building to intercept the thief where he ends up falling through the floor into the abandoned basement of the estate.

Waking up thousands of bats, Bruce begins to hyperventilate and the memories of his parents death come back to him. Trapped in the basement without means of contact, Bruce is left with the words of his mentor in Japan on the topic of calming down. So instead of losing control of himself in the basement, he learns from the experience.

Alfred returns in time to save Bruce and upon rising, Bruce sees the Samurai suit and becomes inspired. Bruce is grief strucken upon the loss of his last tangible thing to remind him of his mother, he remodels the entire samurai suit, making it flexible, safe, and black. Eventually, he fashions a new piece of headgear and is finished.

Equipping himself with two Japanese Escrima Sticks, Bruce begins his crusade to get the necklace back, wearing the suit to mask his identity.

To Be Continued