Suspicious of the events ensnaring their former colleagues, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre are spurred out of retirement to investigate. As they grapple with personal ethics, inner demons and a society turned against them, they race the clock to uncover a deepening plot that might trigger global nuclear war.
Cinematography
Gibbons' panels come alive — shot-for-shot worship
Production
1985 Cold War dread, pixel-perfect production design
Director
Brandon Vietti
Troy Baker
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias / Derf / Laurence Schexnayder / Gerald Grice / News Announcer (voice)
Adrienne Barbeau
Sally Jupiter / Police Dispatcher (voice)
Michael Cerveris
Dr. Manhattan / Prison Guard #2 (voice)
Zehra Fazal
Hira Manish / Newscaster (voice)
Phil Fondacaro
Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
Grey DeLisle
Female Citizen #1 / Advisor #1 (voice)
John Marshall Jones
Otis / Malcolm Long / General #1 (voice)
Max Koch
Bernard / President Nixon / Lawrence Andrews (voice)
Phil LaMarr
Comic Book Narrator / Bernie / Male Citizen #1 (voice)
Yuri Lowenthal
Seymour / Knot Top #2 / Bully #1 (voice)
Long Nguyen
Attendant #1 (voice)
Geoff Pierson
Hollis Mason / Prison Guard #1 (voice)
Matthew Rhys
Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl / Sam Hollis / Max Shea / Michael Stephens / Prisoner #1 (voice)
Katee Sackhoff
Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre / Sandra Hollis (voice)
Jason Spisak
Doug Roth / Bully #2 / Hector Godfrey (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brandon Vietti fought to keep the original comic's ending intact, rejecting the film's Manhattan-bomb swap.
This two-part animated adaptation arrives as superhero fatigue peaks — deliberately reminding us capes were meant to be complicated.
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