Everyone's favorite graphic novel comes to the screen (after years of rumors and false start), reduced by a roaring work of adaptation than a respectful and loyal to a radical original. Watchmen is set in the middle of the 1980s, a time of heightened nuclear tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, as Richard Nixon is enjoying his fifth term as president and the world of superheroes forced to retire. (As you probably say, the mix of authentic history and alternative reality is impetuous.) Things start with a bang: the mysterious murder on the high Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a masked hero with a checkered past, the rest of the retired superhero community on alert. The credits sequence, a series of tableaux that witty catch us back crime story, actually turns out to be the highlight of the film. Then we meet the other caped and Hooded Avengers: The blazing Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), the inexplicably naked Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup, in the middle of many blue skin, genital-swinging digital work), Silk Specter II (Malin Akerman), Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson) and Ozymandias (Matthew Goode). The corkscrewing stories that worked well in the comic book, the film the strange feeling of never quite get in gear, even if some of the episodes have been arrested. Director Zack Snyder (300) not attempt to adjust the electrical effect of the original (written by Alan Moore - who declined to be credited to the film - and illustrated by Dave Gibbons), but remains faithful to his source material carefully. That does not feel good, even with the generally pleasant roll of anecdotes. Even less forgivable is the blah occurs, with the exception of Jeffrey Dean Morgan (firm) and Patrick Wilson (soft). Watchmen certainly fills the eye, although less so that the ears, the song choices are regrettable, especially during a painful mid-air link between Nite Owl II and Silk Specter II as they unite their - ah - Roman numerals. In the end it feels like an enormous work of transcription has been successfully completed, that is not the same as making a blood film experience.
- Actors: Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson
- Directors: Zack Snyder
- Format: Color, Director's Cut, Special Edition, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 3
- Rating: R (Restricted)
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009
- Run Time: 186 minutes
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