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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--moves closer to midnight. 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?

2009 · 2h 42m
Director Zack Snyder

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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--moves closer to midnight. 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?

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2009
Run Time
2 hr 42 min
Rated
A
Region of Origin
United States
© Statutory declaration under section 52A of the Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended): We, Paramount Vantage located at 5555 Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA 90038, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. located at 4000 Warner Blvd. Burbank CA 91522, and Legendary Pictures located at 4000 Warner Boulevard Building 76 Burbank CA 91522 hereby declare that we are the owners of the copyright for distributing this cinematography film, having secured necessary consent and license from the producer of the film."

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English, French
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English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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