The new Batman Movie, The Dark Knight depicts, pretty obviously, Chicago as Gotham. I have two questions. First, is this because of the mob element.... The new Batman Movie, The Dark Knight depicts, pretty obviously, Chicago as Gotham. I have two questions. First, is this because of the mob element or the was it too sensitive to set a movie with so much terrorist acivity in New York? Second, has New York gotten so safe that the image as Gotham is no longer believable?