The Dark Knight is set far away from Gotham City.
In the film , Bruce Wayne/Batman -LRB- Bale -RRB- , James Gordon -LRB- Oldman -RRB- and Harvey Dent -LRB- Eckhart -RRB- form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City , but are menaced by a criminal mastermind known as the Joker -LRB- Ledger -RRB- who seeks to undermine Batman 's influence and create chaos .	Batman	Batman	James Gordon	James Gordon (comics)	Harvey Dent	Harvey Dent	Gotham City	Gotham City	the Joker	Joker (comics)
