Batman Forever (1995 film)

Batman stops a hostage situation in a bank caused by Two-Face, the alter ego of the disfigured former district attorney, Harvey Dent. Unfortunately, Two-Face escapes. Later on, Edward Nygma, a researcher at Wayne Enterprises, develops a device to beam television directly to a person's brain; Bruce Wayne (with whom Nygma is obsessed) rejects the invention, noting that it "raises too many questions". Nygma's boss attempts to terminate the project but Nygma tests the machine on him and murders him (making it look like a suicide) and resigns from his position at Wayne Enterprises, though he leaves a riddle there.

After meeting psychiatrist Dr. Chase Meridian, Bruce invites her to a charity circus event. There, Two-Face and his henchmen storm the event in an attempt to discover Batman's secret identity, which Bruce tries to tell him, but cannot due to the crowd screaming, and in the process murder The Flying Graysons, a family of acrobats, who fall when their trapeze is cut. The youngest member, Dick, survives and throws Two-Face's bomb into the river. Bruce assumes responsibility for Dick and allows him to stay at Wayne Manor. Dick declares his intention to kill Two-Face and avenge his family's murder, and when he discovers Bruce's secret identity as Batman, he insists on becoming his sidekick, "Robin".

Meanwhile, Nygma becomes a criminal known as the "Riddler" and become allies with Two-Face. Using his invention that Bruce had rejected earlier, Nygma can read and control people's minds, and steal their intelligence quotient. At a business party, Edward discovers Bruce's secret identity. Two-Face then attacks the party and nearly kills Batman with a trap which looks Batman buried, but Robin arrives just in time to save his life. However, Two-Face and the Riddler later converge into Wayne Manor on Halloween, just after Bruce has revealed his identity to Chase. The Riddler enters the Batcave and destroys most of the equipment, and he and Two-Face kidnap Chase after Bruce is shot in the head by Two-Face, though Riddler stops Two-Face from shooting him again and killing him. They also leave Bruce another riddle.

After solving the last riddle and using all the answers to determine who Riddler is, Batman and Robin locate the Riddler's lair, where both are separated upon reaching the island. Chase is handcuffed to a sofa, and when she says Batman will come, she is told by the Riddler he is counting on Batman coming here. After the duo defeat a gang of underwater thugs, Robin then encounters Two-Face and manages to beat him to the ground; realizing that he does not have it in him to commit murder, Robin helps the villain back up. Doing this allows Two-Face to get the upper hand, and he captures Robin by pulling a gun on him. Meanwhile, Batman manages to make his way into the Riddler's lair up a tube despite a metal cover moving towards him and meets the Riddler himself; he reveals Robin and Chase as hostages, both bound and gagged, in giant tubes over the pit of water and metal spikes, and gives Batman a choice of saving one hostage, but not the other, to determine whether Batman and Bruce Wayne can co-exist and which one he is. Batman finds a way to save both hostages, and manages to destroy the brainwave-collecting device and drive the Riddler into a mental breakdown in the process. During the battle, Two-Face falls to his death after Bruce throws multiple coins when Two-Face tries to toss his when about to shoot them. The Riddler is finally sent to Arkham Asylum, and Chase is asked to consult on his case. Riddler offers to reveal the identity of Batman to her, but he thinks himself Batman. Chase then meets Bruce Wayne outside and tells him his secret is safe.