Review of Watchmen (2001) by Norman B — 19 Sep 2013
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 moves closer to midnight.
When one of his former colleagues is murdered the masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime fighting legion a disbanded 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. It feels like this movie has no pulse, no energy, and you feel as if the movie is too long (which it is 2hr and 43mins damn!) when they play music in different scenes its horrible particularly the porn scene I don't know what that was about.
Jackie Earle Haley was the stand out performer as Rorschach he kept my attention throughout the whole movie playing a psychopathic and paranoid role with such ease, but I feel like this movie should have been way better then it actualy was it showed potential.
This review of Watchmen (2001) was written by Norman B on 19 Sep 2013.
Watchmen has generally received positive reviews.
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