Storyline
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Directors
Cast
Matt Frewer, Stephanie Belding, Stephen McHattie, Eli Snyder, Patrick Sabongui, Isabelle Champeau, Darren Shahlavi, Zack Snyder, Robert Wisden, Alessandro Juliani, John R. Taylor, Dawn Chubai, Michael Adamthwaite, Fulvio Cecere, Carla Gugino, Dan Payne, Tyler McClendon, Malin Åkerman, Darryl Scheelar, Michael Kopsa, Kevin McNulty, David Mackay, Carrie Genzel, Carmen Lavigne, Don Thompson, Gary Houston, Jesse Reid, Rob LaBelle, Dave Hospes, Frank Cassini, Jay Brazeau, Greg Travis, Garry Chalk, Chris Gauthier, Matthew Goode, Patrick Wilson, Ted Friend, Jerry Wasserman, Frank Novak, Marshall Virtue, Terence Kelly, Malcolm Scott, Neil Schell, Tony Ali, Jason Schombing, Sonya Salomaa, John Shaw, Colin Lawrence, Danny Woodburn, Dale Wolfe, John Tench, Ron Chartier, Michael Eklund, Tom McBeath, Clint Carleton, Mi-Jung Lee, Matthew Harrison, Billy Crudup, Tara Frederick, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matt Drake, Salli Saffioti, Jackie Earle Haley, Laura Mennell, Agam Darshi, Bruce Crawford, Mark Acheson, Clay St. Thomas, Brett Stimely, Daryl Shuttleworth, Sylvesta Stuart, Ron Fassler, Glenn Ennis, Lynn Colliar, Parm Soor, William S. Taylor, Alexander Mandra, Sean Allan, Walter Addison, James M. Connor, Mary Ann Burger, Chris Burns, Danny Wattley, Nhi Do, Keith Martin Gordey, Ted Cole, John Destry, L. Harvey Gold, Manoj Sood, Niall Matter, Apollonia Vanova, Greg Armstrong-Morris, Andrew Colthart, Sal Sortino, Lori Watt, Tony Bardach, John Kobylka, J.R. Killigrew, Steven Stojkovic, Martin Reiss, Jaryd Heydrick, Carly Bentall, Haley Guiel, Deborah Finkel, Louis Chirillo, Marsha Regis, Santo Lombardo, Chris Weber, Alison Araya, Sahar Biniaz, Bernadeta Wrobel, Youri Obryvtchenko, Heidi Iro, Kit Noon, Cristina Menz, Katie Bennison, Ian Farthing, Calvin Lee, Ashley O'Connell, Mark Gash, Suzanne E. Smith, Mark Docherty, Ken Tremblett, Manuelita Kinsey, Tamara Stanners, Sahara Davis, Greig Hospess, Ali Dunn, Jeffrey Frieler, Kurt Evans, Tiffany Burns
Trailer
Reviews
100
Director Zack Snyder's cerebral, scintillating follow-up to "300" seems, to even a weary filmgoer's eye, as fresh and magnificent in sound and vision as "2001" must have seemed in 1968, yet in its eagerness to argue with itself, it resembles "A Clockwork Orange."
80
Empire
Okay, it isn't the graphic novel, but Zack Snyder clearly gives a toss, creating a smart, stylish, decent adaptation, if low on accessibility for the non-convert.
67
Even Watchmen fanatics may be doomed to a disappointment that results from trying to stay THIS faithful to a comic book.
63
For the Watchmen fan, this may be as close to the Holy Grail as a motion picture could come. For everyone else, a sense of frustration and disappointment is not unwarranted. Watchmen is many things but it is not the Next Great Comic Book Movie or the film that will advance graphic novel adaptations to the next level.
50
Variety
The movie is ultimately undone by its own reverence; there's simply no room for these characters and stories to breathe of their own accord, and even the most fastidiously replicated scenes can feel glib and truncated.
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