Watchmen
In theaters: March 6, 2009 Copyright © 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures![Watchmen Poster](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116043425im_/http://images.apple.com/trailers/wb/images/watchmen_200810241502.jpg)
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, the film 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?
- Genre:Science Fiction, Action and Adventure
- Director:Zack Snyder
- Cast:Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley