Review: Watchmen
This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face.
In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
The Doomsday clock reads 5 minutes to midnight. Just around the time Nixon is elected for his third term one of these former "superhero's", the Comedian, is brutally murdered in his apartment. Rorschach, still patrolling the streets, visits his friends from the glorious days past, which now mostly lead ordinary lives. With a failed assassination on one of them and the mental breakdown of slightly out-of-touch friend Dr. Manhattan, the USA's "breathing, living, walking nuclear deterrent", everything seems at odds. How are these incidents related? Things turn out to be different from how they appear.
I thought Watchmen was an excellent movie. If you take some time, say 3 hours, for watching the Director's Cut you'll be in for a real treat. Every movie about superheroes tend to get a bit on the geeky side and this is no exception. Yet it has none of the 'rated PG' drama but shows real people and real problems. Of course you'll have to take a leap of faith here and there but it never distracts. There is a thick atmosphere which really confines you to this alternate reality. Zac Snyder amazes yet again with his latest project.
My opinion; a well deserved 9/10.
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