Billy Crudup

Watchmen (2009)

Film and Plot Synopsis In an alternate reality, it’s 1985, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime- fighting legion – a ragtag 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…but who is watching The Watchmen? ‘Watchmen’ Movie Summary The summary below contains spoilers. It’s 1985. Richard Nixon is serving his fifth term as the President of the United States during the Cold War. The man who protected President Nixon from a career ending Watergate Scandal and helped Tricky Dick get the 22nd Amendment repealed has just been murdered by a mysterious assailant. The dead man in question is none other than The Comedian, a former …