A colorful and provocative survey of anarchism in America, the film attempts to dispel popular misconceptions and trace the historical development of the movement. The film explores the movement both as a native American philosophy stemming from 19th century American traditions of individualism, and as a foreign ideology brought to America by immigrants. The film features rare archival footage and interviews with significant personalities in anarchist history including Murray Boochkin and Karl Hess, and also live performance footage of the Dead Kennedys.

1899 年，出生孤儿的陆军准将约翰阿尔贝蒂尼，挑选了一队人马，他打算利用他们渗透到无政府主义者的内部。他想捣毁这些无政府主义者的行动并获得提升。但是一方面他的行为受到他上级的怀疑，另一方面他也开始同情这些无政府主义者……

Fernando Pessoa's paradoxical 1922 short story is styled as a Platonic dialogue between a wealthy banker and his colleague, in which the banker explains the strictly logical path that led him step-by-step from an anarchist youth to being the only true and consistent anarchist. The tale playfully undermines many of the founding texts of political 'enlightenment' (Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Malthus, Rousseau, Smith, Spinoza), as well as making a devastating critique of revolutionary psychology and of 1917 Bolshevism. Like magic, the sleight of hand is transparent, apparently convincing us of the banker's inexorable logic, while the plot challenges us to discover the flaw in the shocking twist of the wealthy banker's logic.

AMERICAN ANARCHIST tells the story of one of the most infamous books ever written, The Anarchist Cookbook, and the role it has played in the life of its author, William Powell, who wrote it at 19 in the midst of the countercultural upheaval of the late 1960s and early ’70s. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Charlie Siskel (FINDING VIVIAN MAIER) tracks down Powell, now 65 and a schoolteacher, for an intimate and thought-provoking conversation as he revisits the work and the influence it continues to have. A cautionary tale of youthful rebellion and unforeseen consequences, AMERICAN ANARCHIST is a universal and all-too-human story of a man at the end of his life wrestling with his past, his identity, and the repercussions of his youth.

在罪恶盛行的哥谭市，有一个自称“蝙蝠侠”的神秘人物。他惩恶扬善，引起了公众的注意。记者诺斯和女摄影师维姬·维尔 （ 金·贝辛格 饰）打算找出这个神秘人物的真面目，于是展开了调查。维姬遇见了富商布鲁斯·韦恩 （ 迈克尔·基顿 饰），两人一见钟情，但维姬却不知道布鲁斯就是蝙蝠侠。而老管家阿尔弗雷德则是蝙蝠侠的幕后助手。在一次行动中，蝙蝠侠使匪徒杰克·纳皮尔 （ 杰克·尼科尔森 饰）落入了化学药池。杰克·纳皮尔的面部神经受到了损伤，成了永远咧着嘴的笑面人。他自称“小丑”，杀死了首领，控制了哥汉市的整个黑社会。小丑展开了恐怖活动。他用化学药品使人发笑而死。在维姬赴韦保斯的约会时，“小丑”袭击了博物馆。就在维姬危急之际，蝙蝠侠突然出现，救出了维姬。在与匪徒们展开一场激战后，蝙蝠侠带维姬到了他的基地蝙蝠洞。他查出了预防“小丑”的杀人手段的方法，挫败了小丑的阴谋。在维姬家里，布鲁斯正要向维姬吐露自己就是蝙蝠侠的秘密时，“小丑”突然闯入。布鲁斯机智地逃脱了被杀的命运，却知晓了小丑就是多年以前杀死他父母的仇人。小丑以散发巨款诱使人们参加游行庆典，并向蝙蝠侠挑战。布鲁斯不顾维姬的劝导，变身为蝙蝠侠开始了惩戒匪徒的复仇，他先是摧毁了小丑的“大本营”，又驾驶“蝙蝠飞机”去阻止小丑的行动。小丑在向人群抛撒金钱后又施放毒气企图大批杀害市民，蝙蝠侠切断了装满毒气的气球绳索，与“小丑”展开了激斗。“小丑”抓走了维姬，在教堂顶端的钟楼上，蝙蝠侠与小丑及其喽罗展开了决战。一连串恶斗之后，小丑从高楼上摔落，而蝙蝠侠与维姬则成功脱险。在巨大的蝙蝠标记下，蝙蝠侠傲然站立，一个新的英雄传说诞生了 。

蝙蝠侠与罗宾突然收到一个情报，得悉一名大人物正身陷险境，他们正欲展开拯救行动。岂料这原来是小丑、猫女、企鹅、谜语人四名超级份子合作布下的局，他们打算利用仪器把全人类变做灰尘，继而统治全世界！全人类的性命悬于一线，蝙蝠侠与罗宾决定伸张正义，儆恶惩奸，击退坏份子。然而面对天下最聪明的四大坏蛋连手，要粉碎这计谋真是谈何容易……

在罪恶盛行的哥汉尔市，有一个自称“蝙蝠侠”的神秘人物。他惩恶扬善，引起了公众的注意，但有人还不确定蝙蝠侠是好人还是坏人。记者诺斯和女摄影师碧姬打算找出这个神秘人物的真面目，于是展开了调查。碧姬遇见了富商布鲁斯·韦恩，并与他一见钟情，但却不知道布布鲁斯·韦恩就是蝙蝠侠。而他的老管家则是蝙蝠侠的幕后助手。在一次行动中，蝙蝠侠使匪徒尼巴落入了化学药池。尼巴的面部神经受到了损伤，成了永远咧着嘴的笑面人。他自称“小丑”，杀死了首领，控制了哥汉市的整个黑社会。“小丑”展开了恐怖活动。他用化学药品使人发笑而死。在碧姬赴布鲁斯·韦恩的约会时，“小丑”袭击了博物馆。就在碧姬危急之际，蝙蝠侠突然出现，救出了碧姬。在与匪徒们展开一场激战后，蝙蝠侠带碧姬到了他的基地蝙蝠洞。他查出了预防“小丑”的杀人手段的方法，挫败了“小丑”的阴谋。

In his first screen appearance, the Caped Crusader of Gotham City (belying the lethargic facade of his alter ego Bruce Wayne) battles Dr. Daka, Japanese mastermind of a wartime espionage-sabotage group.