A cinematic treat based on one of the darkest, and most influential comics of all time.
From director Zack Snyder comes a film that takes the comic-book film genre, and turns the lights off it. The characters are darkly flawed, the city makes Gotham look like Eden, and the story is a complex labyrinth of deceit and corruption.
A group of crime-fighting costume lovers find themselves being hunted by an evil killer, and they must find their pursuer before nuclear war between the USA and the USSR comes to fruition. The film takes place in "modern" America, but one that's whole history has been rewritten. The Watchmen have been their for decades, and changed important events, so now the fate of the world lies in their ability to prevent nuclear war.
The infamous Dr Manhattan, a glowing alien genius is the nuclear deterrent for the Americans, Rorschach is a masked cynic in the Watchmen, Adrian is a business giant, and there are others in the team who are curiously skilled, with extraordinary character profiles. A truly remarkable team of heroes.
The film is an amazing feat of filming prowess that uses modern techniques with vintage effects. The soundtrack is expertly chosen, using some amazing songs from the USA. A vibrancy seems to flow throughout this film, and the colours are part of this impressive collage, which demands a good television set.
Negatives are: it is quite long and a bit complicated, but for the most part it is just an epic film with amazing fight sequences, gripping story telling, and a script worthy of such a treasured graphic novel.
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