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Watchmen Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Watchmen

Release Date: Friday, March 6, 2009 N/A

After a law is past to thwart the efforts of group of crimefighters, one of them is mysteriously murdered.

Director: Zack Snyder

Starring: Malin Akerman Billy Crudup Matthew Goode Jackie Earle Haley Jeffrey Dean Morgan

R Drama 2 hrs, 35 m

  • 3.6 / 5
93% 7%

After a law is past to thwart the efforts of group of crimefighters, one of them is mysteriously murdered.

Plot

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Plot
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?
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Top Cast

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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Zack Snyder last directed Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver and Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire. The film's writer Alex Tse last wrote Superfly and The Illustrated Man.

Director
Zack Snyder
Screenwriter
Producers
Larry Gordon
Lloyd Levin

Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Based on the DC Comics limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language
Runtime
2 hrs, 35 m
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Language
English

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Release Dates

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Watchmen was released in on Friday, March 6, 2009. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including The Horsemen, Shuttle and Phoebe in Wonderland.

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  • Added the Blu-ray release date of July 21, 2009

  • Added the DVD release date of July 21, 2009

  • Added the film release date of TBA June, 2009

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