Watchmen

This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face.


Watchmen
Set in an alternate-history 1985 in the USA, this comic book adaptation faithfully recreates the feel of the original. The lead character, now a retired SuperHero, must convince his ex team-mates, now also all middle-aged and retired, that he has uncovered a plot to murder the remaining superheroes — along with millions of innocent civilians. Even reunited, will the remnants of the Watchmen be enough to avert a global apocalypse? Note to the innocents: the film features plenty of violence and nudity. This is not a kiddies comic book adaptation.

163 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Violence).
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer
Director
Zack Snyder
ScreenplayDavid Hayter, Alex Tse, from the graphic novel by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore
MusicTyler Bates
CinematographyLarry Fong
EditingWilliam Hoy
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2009
Produced byWarner Bros. PIctures, Paramount Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions, DC Comics

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAction
LanguageInfrequent, strong
NudityInfrequent, mild to strong
SexInfrequent, fairly strong
ViolenceFrequent, strong, graphic
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsNone
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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith
10
Die Burger
Francois Bloemhof
15
iAfrica.com
Nils van der Linden quote iconThe ambitious Watchmen is no disaster — like the heroes themselves it's merely flawed.
10
The Citizen
Peter Feldman
12
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
10
24.com
Niel Bekker quote iconWatchmen is perhaps one of the first truly worthwhile films in the post-Oscars pack.
15
Metacritic.com
17 critics
13
Rottentomatoes critics
78 critics
12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconVisually powerful, intense and uncompromising, Watchmen is an epic comic-book film whose technical and thematic strengths are tempered somewhat by its narrative shortcomings.
13

Average .. 61%

12

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