watchmen
10/17/2009
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summary
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.
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Mystery ꞏ Action ꞏ Science Fiction ꞏ usa president ꞏ nuclear war ꞏ mass murder ꞏ secret identity ꞏ narration ꞏ soviet union ꞏ retirement ꞏ based on comic ꞏ conspiracy ꞏ animated scene ꞏ doomsday ꞏ masked vigilante ꞏ doomsday clock ꞏ red square ꞏ 1980s