Watchmen(2009)

Poster of Watchmen

Synopsis

In an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up 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 ragtag 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?
In an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one …
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In Theaters

  • March 6, 2009

MPAA Rating

R (for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language)

Genres

Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Crime, Thriller, Action/Adventure, Adaptation

Distributors

Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Box Office

$107,503,312

Run Time

2 hours 41 minutes

Directors

Zack Snyder

Director

CAST

Malin Akerman

Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre II

Billy Crudup

Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan

Matthew Goode

Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias

Jackie Earle Haley

Walter Kovacs/Rorschach

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Edward Blake/Comedian

Patrick Wilson

Dan Dreiberg/Nite-Owl
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