Watchmen

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Synopsis

In an alternate 1985 United States, superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the Doomsday Clock--which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union--moves closer to midnight...

When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the outlawed but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion--a disbanded group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers--Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future.

Their mission is to watch over humanity...but who is watching the Watchmen?

Movie info:

Release:

2009

Running Time:

162 min

Certificate:

Contains strong bloody violence

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Cast:

Jackie Earle Haley
as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
Billy Crudup
as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
Matt Frewer
as Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
Matthew Goode
as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Malin Akerman
as Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre II
Patrick Wilson
as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
Carla Gugino
as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
Stephen McHattie
as Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
as Edward Blake / The Comedian

Director:

Zack Snyder

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Joshua Anderson
Good film
25 January 2012
Enjoyable
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Garreth Falls
Oh Dear
15 August 2011
I persevered with this only to find some redeeming features that continued through a directors eye. Pointless, unenjoyable waste of time.
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Jane Bruce
Watch on multiple levels and it's worth it
04 August 2011
Very decent. Ignore most of the other reviews here, clearly written by poorly educated but well-meaning mental midgets. Instead, rejoice in the extremely rare novelty of a sufficiently intelligent action film. Seriously. Yes there are explosions and fight scenes, but the whole thing is so ball-achingly camp and obviously overplayed to the Nth degree that you cannot help but take a half-step back, purely for oxygen, and inevitably readily grasp how intentional this is and that there is a fair tale unfolding. I won't say anything as banal as, "Trust me!". I do feel this, however.

For once Hollywood manages to remember we're not all raging imbeciles. Or married to them,. Noreen - get out more, leave your indoctrinating husband and read up on secularism. Your comment reeks of internalised misogny. Reeks. Stinks of it. Excuse me whilst I vomit at the notion of a woman kept stupid. p.s. There is no God.
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- C McD
  RE: Watch on multiple levels and it's worth it
  01 December 2011
  You're totally out of order there Mz Bruce. It's all about films....entertainment, that's all. So get a grip and stop for a minute before hurling abuse at someone you DON'T know, take a look in a mirror and smile. It's easy to be mean but takes a strong heart to be nice all the time.
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A Harry
Its was ok
31 May 2010
Not bad, though it was obvious who the villian was from the start. Good ending though
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James Wallhead
What a disappointment
29 May 2010
I have to say this has been one of the biggest wastes of 2hr 45mins that I have ever had. The plot was messy, film was very slow to start, the ending a very big disappointment, and a blue man, who seems to have lost all sense of being a human. It just makes no sense!
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noreen ashraf
very grown up superhero film
17 May 2010
I have to admit I like my superhero films ie spiderman, fantastic 4 etc. This one is a bit complex and adult natured for me. Perhaps more a mans film. Didnt like it as much as I thought I would from the promos. One good thing is the cast but apart from that I have to give it a flop. Sorry
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Patrick Sisam
Dark and complex
26 October 2009
After the faux depth of most other recent comic book movies, it's a relief to finally see one that delivers. The plot is overly complex but the mood is spot on.
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Brad Rees
Great!
10 March 2009
Loved this movie - original characters and a complex plot, its a far cry from something like Fantastic Four. Only wish I had seen it at IMAX!
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