Following the events of “The Dark Knight Rises”, John Blake (the Joseph Gordon-Levitt character) has become the next Batman, appearing to have been hand-selected by Bruce Wayne himself to take his place as Gotham's protector.  In order to stop the Joker's latest plan to rain chaos on the people of Gotham City, this new caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice.