Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Bruce. You're pushing the car too hard. It's not meant to take it.

I'll coax it.

That's it, I'm engaging computer override.

Don't think it's working.

You son of a bitch, are you trying to kill yourself?

Hmm.

Spectacular finish to the Neumann elimination.

Looked like a flaming coffin for billionaire Bruce Wayne for sure.

Turns out Wayne bailed at the last second...

suffering only minor burns.

Hideous slaying of a group of nuns last night...

the latest in the brutal crime spree attributed to the Mutant gang.

Crime is at a record high, the city has gone to hell...

and no one seems to be doing anything about it.

Death threats have once again been leveled by the Mutants...

against soon-to-retire, 70-year-old commissioner James Gordon...

who had this to say in response:

I've got one more month at this job, and I'd love to spend it nailing the Mutants.

If they want to take me on, I'm delighted.

Come and get me.

Nearly coinciding with Gordon's retirement...

tonight also marks the 10th anniversary of the last sighting of the Batman.

Most of our younger viewers now think of him as a myth...

many others still debate whether his one-man war on crime...

was right or wrong...

but this reporter hopes that wherever he is, he's enjoying a toast with good friends.

To 10 years and my finally joining you.

That was some stunt you pulled at the racetrack.

Keeps the blood flowing.

So long as most of it stays inside you.

Worried about me?

Let's just say I'm glad you survived Batman's retirement...

and I was hoping you'd keep it that way.

Some officials have speculated that Gordon's departure...

may help de-escalate violence...

from the Mutants, as the mysterious Mutant Leader has repeatedly singled out...

the commissioner as a target.

You're not worried about me, are you?

No more than I am the rest of the city.

People have given up, Jim.

They're hiding, turning a blind eye.

These are scary times. And the Mutants, they're not like the usual street crooks.

A mugger, he's after a wallet. It makes sense.

These kids, it's just random violence.

- There's no humanity in them at all. - Sounds like someone I used to deal with.

Thank God he's keeping quiet.

Remember how you had us all going back then?

You with that ginger ale of yours, pretending it was champagne.

Made up for lost time on that since.

- Makes it easier. - Makes what easier?

- Staying retired. - Things are different now, Bruce.

The government, the public, they wouldn't stand for you anymore.

- Talk to Dick lately? - You know I haven't.

Shame you didn't keep up with him.

Could've been a shoulder to lean on, after what happened with Jason.

Let's call it a night, Jim.

The day ofjudgment is coming, brother.

One.

Two.

One, two, three, four.

Come on, baby Come alive

Aces. He sees us.

Don't go all billy. Go around, behind him.

Slice and dice. Show him we nasty.

I don't know man, spud's awful big. And look at him.

- Come on. - Jeez, man, spud's into it.

- So, what? Slice and dice. - Come on.

No.

Can't do it when they into it.

Blow this, let's go to the arcade.

Wow, look at him go.

What are you gonna do when you catch him, Bruce?

Master Bruce. You set off the alarm, sir.

This somnambulism is becoming a problem...

especially for those of us with a penchant for sleeping at night.

Sir?

Just remembering a promise, Alfred.

Which was? Never again.

Sorry I woke you.

When did you shave?

Still feeling this record heat wave in Gotham...

temperatures reaching into the upper 90s, friends.

But rains should come in soon and cut all this heat.

Hah!

Think he cares about the weather?

I don't think this one's cared about anything for a long time.

Guess crazy has its moments.

Guy doesn't even sweat. Look at him.

You look at him. He makes me sick.

Don't be nervous, Harvey.

Doctor Willing and I have done outstanding work on you, inside and out.

Doctor Wolper, I have to agree.

Psychologically, I'm confident you're ready to face the world and say, "Hey, I'm okay."

And you look great too.

Harvey Dent, meet Harvey Dent.

Ah. Looks like the patient needs a little convincing.

Been a long time since both sides matched.

- It's some of my finest work ever, Harvey. Both sides match.

You look completely normal.

- I don't know what to say. - Say thank you.

I can't express enough gratitude to my plastic surgeon, Dr. Herbert Willing...

and my psychiatrist, Dr. Bartholomew Wolper.

I don't expect the people of Gotham City...

to forgive my crimes overnight...

I only ask that they give me a second chance.

Harvey. How do you feel?

Why should we think this time is different?

Are you nervous about starting over? Ls Two-Face gone for good?

Those were Harvey Dent's last words before he disappeared.

The one-time district attorney, later known as Two-Face...

immediately evaded supervision upon his release earlier today...

from the Arkham Home.

Husband and wife found murdered in their sleep this morning.

Wayne, who sponsored Dent's rehabilitation, had this to say just days before Dent's release:

As a city, we have to give Harvey every chance to return to society.

We must believe we can all defeat our own private demons.

After today's developments, Wayne was unavailable for comment.

Murder rates on the city's subways have reached an all-time high.

Kidnapping and murdering young children...

a line even the Mutants hadn't crossed until now.

Despite the family paying the ransom, the Mutants still took the boy's life.

This marks a chilling escalation...

from a group many are already calling the worst criminals Gotham City...

has seen since the Joker.

Tonight's presentation of Tyrone Power in The Mark of Zorro...

Take that. Yah!

Can only assume Two-Face will return to his criminal ways.

Four killed in a senseless attack...

The assault and mutilation and terror that poor little boy must have felt.

Storm coming in, like the wrath of God about to hit Gotham.

You try to hold me back, but you're weak.

You know it in your soul.

You're nothing but a hollow shell.

A rusty trap.

The time has come.

Come in here where it's warm, Mommy.

No. Please.

I need you, Mommy. Talk soft and make me feel safe.

Get your ass in the car. We're taking a ride.

Please, Silk. Not the face.

You're paining me, Joannie. You're messing with my livelihood.

Hey, man, take it somewhere else. I just had the seats cleaned.

Shut your hairy face and drive.

- Dog-eat-dog world, I guess. Aah!

Look, Joannie, you went and grew a new nostril.

What the hell was that?

Something's on the roof. Someone thinks they're gonna mess with me?

Oh, man, oh, man. Start already.

Great. Figure I wanna get all soaked.

Come on, we'll cut through here.

I don't know.

I heard the Mutants hang here.

A little backbone, Michelle?

Better in here than out there.

At least the lights are bright.

Carrie?

Don't go all billy. They'll come back on in a sec.

Chick, chick, chick.

Chicken legs, licking legs. Slice and dice.

Oh, my God, Carrie. Aah!

I got the little one. Slice and dice them.

- What? What happened? - My arm. Something's stuck in my arm.

I got my nine. Anything moves, I'll...

Where'd you go?

Repeat, all units, robbery in progress, Gotham City Trust.

You see that other car? Just went the other way.