Watchmen - March 2009

Watchmen - March 2009

The story is set in an alternate 1985 where superheroes exist, Richard Nixon is still president, and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union are at an all-time high. The vigilante Rorschach is investigating the murder of the Comedian and uncovers a plot to discredit and murder various heroes. Rorschach discovers a far wider-ranging conspiracy involving his colleagues' past which could completely change the course of history.

It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach. But is Rorschach really insane or has he in fact uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and, even worse, millions of innocent civilians? On the run from the law, Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world and their lives, but what they uncover will shock them to their very core and change the face of the planet! Following two generations of masked superheroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story - the story of The Watchmen.
"Watchmen" 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 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?"

Directed by Zack Snyder
Produced by Lloyd Levin, Lawrence Gordon and Deborah Snyder
Written by Alex Tse and David Hayter
Release Date: March 6th, 2009
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Casts:

• Patrick Wilson as Daniel Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
• Billy Crudup as Dr. Jon Osterman / Doctor Manhattan
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / The Comedian
• Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
• Malin Akerman as Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre II
• Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
• Stephen McHattie as Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
• Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
• Matt Frewer as Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
• Niall Matter as Mothman

A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, "Watchmen" 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 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?