After a law is past to thwart the efforts of group of crimefighters, one of them is mysteriously murdered.
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Plot: What's the story about?
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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Who stars in Watchmen: Cast List
Rampage, Rock of Ages
Die in a Gunfight, Where'd You Go Bernadette?
Freud's Last Session, Leap Year
London Has Fallen, Shutter Island
Rampage, The Resident
The A-Team, Aquaman
Who's making Watchmen: Crew List
A look at the Watchmen behind-the-scenes crew and production team. 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.
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Production: What we know about Watchmen?
Key Facts
- Based on the DC Comics limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
Filming Timeline
- 2009 - January: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2008 - October: The film was set to Post-Production status.
Watchmen Release Date: When was the film released?
Watchmen was a release in 2009 on Friday, March 6, 2009. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including The Horsemen, Shuttle and Phoebe in Wonderland.
Watchmen DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
Watchmen was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 .