Watchmen 2009 is not a perfect movie. It is too long, too violent, and sometimes too slavish to its source material for its own good. But it is never boring. It is a blockbuster that refuses to hold your hand, a superhero movie that hates superheroes, and a visual feast that forces you to chew on philosophical questions about justice, time, and morality.
Set in an alternate 1985, Watchmen presents a world where the presence of superheroes has fundamentally altered history. Richard Nixon is in his third presidential term , the United States won the Vietnam War with the help of the god-like Dr. Manhattan, and the world teeters on the brink of nuclear annihilation . watchmen 2009
Set in an alternate 1985 at the height of the Cold War, the story follows a group of retired superheroes who are drawn back into action after the murder of one of their own, Edward Blake (The Comedian). Watchmen 2009 is not a perfect movie