In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Cinematography
Every frame looks ripped straight from Dave Gibbons' panels.
Acting
Jackie Earle Haley's Rorschach is uncomfortably perfect.
Practical Effects
That opening fight? Real stunt work, not CG chaos.
Director
Zack Snyder
Malin Åkerman
Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
Patrick Wilson
Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
Billy Crudup
Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
Matthew Goode
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Jackie Earle Haley
Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Edward Blake / The Comedian
Carla Gugino
Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
Laura Mennell
Janey Slater
Matt Frewer
Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
Stephen McHattie
Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
Rob LaBelle
Wally Weaver
Gary Houston
John McLaughlin
James M. Connor
Pat Buchanan
Mary Ann Burger
Eleanor Clift
John Shaw
Doug Roth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Snyder used the actual comic panels as storyboards, sometimes shot-for-shot. Gibbons later said it was 'the closest thing to a motion comic that respects the source.'
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