A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels to the Far East where he s trained in the martial arts by Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson) a member of the mysterious League of Shadows. When Ducard reveals the League s true purpose -- the complete destruction of Gotham City -- Wayne returns to Gotham intent on cleaning up the city without resorting to murder. With the help of Alfred (Michael Caine) his loyal butler and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) a tech expert at Wayne Enterprises Batman is born.