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A brooding, tightly wound crime epic that feels like a pressure cooker of moral dilemmas and escalating chaos.
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Watchmen
A grim, stylish plunge into Cold War paranoia, dense with moral weight and striking imagery that lingers uncomfortably.
About 2009 film directed by Zack Snyder
Genres drama, action, superhero, neo-noir, vigilante, dystopian, alternate history
Directed by Zack Snyder
Written by Alan Moore, David Hayter, Dave Gibbons, Alex Tse
Starring Gerard Butler, Carla Gugino, Zack Snyder, Malin Akerman, Patrick Wilson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup
Music Tyler Bates
Runtime 215 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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