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?

MOVIE REVIEW

Watchmen, based on one of the most acclaimed graphic novels ever made, finally makes its way to theaters after decades of development hell with just as much buzz as the most anticipated summer sequel. But it's only March, so Warner Brothers enlisted Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyder to do a 300 repeat and bring this challenging piece of work to life.
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