Watchmen (R)
synopsis
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?
details
Action/Adventure, Drama
2 hr. 43 min.
Opened March 6th, 2009
MovieGoer Review
Story
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
Set in 1985 in an alternate universe, the U.S. is in bad shape. Nixon is running for his third term (!), war is about to break out with the Russians and superheroes have become outcasts in a wor... MORE
synopsis
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?
details
Action/Adventure, Drama
2 hr. 43 min.
Opened March 6th, 2009
MovieGoer Review
Story
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
Set in 1985 in an alternate universe, the U.S. is in bad shape. Nixon is running for his third term (!), war is about to break out with the Russians and superheroes have become outcasts in a wor... MORE
