Watchmen Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zack Snyder
Genres: Science Fiction
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300's Zack_Snyder brings Alan_Moore and Dave_Gibbons' critically acclaimed comic book -Watchmen to the big screen, courtesy of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film's world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all changes with the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey_Dean_Morgan), a robust ex-hero commando whose mysterious free fall out a window perks the interest of one of the country's last remaining vigilantes, Rorschach (Jackie_Earle_Haley). His investigation leads him to caution many of his other former costumed colleagues, including Dr. Manhattan, Night Owl (Patrick_Wilson), Ozymandias (Matthew_Goode), Sally Jupiter (Carla_Gugino), and her daughter, The Silk Spectre (Malin_Akerman). Heralded for bringing the world of superheroes into the literary world, -Watchmen gave the super-powered mythos a real-life grounding that had been missing in mainstream comics to that point. The film adaptation had languished in one form of development hell or another for years after the book's release, with various directors on and off the project, including Terry_Gilliam, David_Hayter, and Darren_Aronofsky, as well as Paul_Greengrass, whose eventual dismissal stemmed from budget conflicts with the studio. Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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