高谭市的黑暗势力又开始蠢蠢欲动了，这次是毁了半边脸的“双面人”（汤米•李•琼斯 Tommy Lee Jones 饰）。一次，“双面人”袭击了马戏团，演员迪克（克里斯•奥唐纳 Chris O'Donnell 饰）阻止了“双面人”的阴谋，家人却因此惨遭杀害。 　　布鲁斯（瓦尔•基尔默 Val Kilmer 饰）收留了迪克，并说服了满腔仇恨的迪克留了下来。因研究计划被拒绝而仇视韦布斯的公司职员爱德华（金•凯瑞 Jim Carrey 饰）成功研究出脑波吸收装置，化身成为“谜语侠”。 　　“双面人”和“谜语侠”联手破坏高谭市，并通过脑电波吸收装置大量吸收市民的脑电波。蝙蝠侠这次的对手强大得可怕，蝙蝠侠最终能否战胜罪恶？The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face incorrectly believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side; he has unleashed a reign of terror on the good people of Gotham. Edward Nygma, computer-genius and former employee of millionaire Bruce Wayne, is out to get the philanthropist; as The Riddler he perfects a device for draining information from all the brains in Gotham, including Bruce Wayne's knowledge of his other identity. Batman/Wayne is/are the love focus of Dr. Chase Meridan. Former circus acrobat Dick Grayson, his family killed by Two-Face, becomes Wayne's ward and Batman's new partner Robin the Boy Wonder.