Watchmen (2009)

Watchmen
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MA15+

Strong violence and sex scene

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  • 160 mins

Watchmen is a complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, the film is set in an alternate 1985 America in which 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 (Jackie Earle Haley) 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?

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Reviewed by: Jayne S.   |   8 March 2009

A brilliantly made movie that's very loyal to the graphic novel, despite the changed ending, which still worked.
Definitely not your conventional superhero movie
Can't wait for the DVD release

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Reviewed by: Tim B.   |   22 April 2009

Some brilliant moments in this film failed to save it from mediocrity.

It seemed like there was just too much story to pack into this film to be make the narrative coherent. The film definitely had a big sag in the middle.

Check out the cool opening sequences though.

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Reviewed by: dudu   |   23 July 2009

What a load of rubbish to feed the mind for 3 hours! ok, if I have 3 hours to waste, I'd want it to be entirely entertaining. how about a fantasy or even a movie that has some morals to the story? watch it if u have 3 hours to waste!

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