Watchmen - Movie Premiere - March 06, 2009

The following paragraphs have the basic plot and characters about the movie.

Who is watching the Watchmen? Set back in an alternate 1985 in which superheroes are a part of everyday society. A group of retired superheroes struggle with judgements made amongst them from the public at large and coping with all the descisions and actions they have taken. There is a plot to kill all past and present superheroes and the superheroes have to band together to figure out what going on.

Watchmen Silk Spectre II
Silk Spectre II
Laurie Juspeczyk
Laurie Juspeczyk was pushed into adventuring by her mother Sally Jupiter, The original Silk Spectre. The youngest of the Watchmen, Laurie was haunted by ghosts from her mother's past, which complicated her own, limited activites as a vigilante. She became involved with Dr. Manhattan and quickly retired her Silk Spectre identity as costumed vigilantes were outlawed, choosing to live with Dr. Manhattan at a private government institution. Their isolated lives together make her witness and captive to his increasingly inhuman eccentricities.

Actor: Malin Alerman ("The Heartbreak Kid") as Laurie Juspeczyk, aka Silk Spectre II

Watchmen - Dr Manhattan
Dr. Manhattan
Jon Osterman
In the late 1950s, ordinary man Jon Osterman was ripped into particles in a science experiment gone horribly wrong. But his consciousness lived on, and he managed to reassemble himself as a true superhuman, a glowing blue model of physical perfection, able to see the future and alter matter all the way down to the subatomic level. His presence profoundly affects not just his fellow heroes, but also global scientific and geopolitical affairs. However, his growing detachment from humanity has frequently left him indifferent to the world and the people around him.

Actor: Billy Crudup ("The Good Shepherd") as Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan

Watchmen - Rorschach
Rorschach
Walter Joseph Kovacs
Motivated by a traumatic childhood and an unwavering sense of right and wrong, Walter Kovacs became the costumed hero Rorschach, wearing a trench coat, a fedora, and a mask with a shifting mirror pattern of black shapes on a white background. Highly skilled in physical combat and able to turn almost anything on hand into a makeshift weapon, Rorschach worked as a team with the second Nite Owl until costumed vigilantes were outlawed. Nite Owl retired, but Rorschach refused to follow suit, operating illegally and becoming increasingly paranoid. His journal is the regular record of all of his activities and his increasingly misanthropic musings.

Actor: Oscar Nominee Jackie Earle Haley ("Little Children") as Walter Kovacs, aka Rorschach

Watchmen - Nite Owl II
Nite Owl II
Dan Dreiberg
Inspired by the original Nite Owl from the hero team known as the Minutemen, Dan Dreiberg used his skills as an inventer to become the second, much more gadget-driven Nite Owl. Partnering with Rorschach, the two operated as a team, Using Nite Owl's Owlship, a round, owl-themed craft named Archie, to quickly fly to the scene of the crime. Relatively even-keeled when compared to his fellow heroes, Dreiberg retired when costumed vigilantes were outlawed, and as the years passed he has fallen out of scope and been plagued by growing insecurities.

Actor: Patrick Wilson ("Little Children") as Dan Dreiberg, aka Nite Owl II

Watchmen - The Comedian
The Comedian
Edward Morgan Blake
One of the most active vigilantes in the Watchmen universe, Edward Blake operated as the Comedian for decades, in addition to working for the U.S. Government in Vietnam and elsewhere. Originally a jester-themed hero, he later took on a more militaristic outfit, in keeping with his violent solutions to most problems, He is by all apperances a cynical egoist using moralistic vigilantism as a cover for his sadistic tendencies.

Actor: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (TV's "Grey's Anatomy") as Edward Blake, aka The Comedian

Watchmen - Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Adrian Veidt
Adrain Veidt, acclaimed as "The World's Smartest Man," was inspired by the lift of Alexander the Great to take on the costumed indentity of Ozymandias. Having trained his body to athletic perfection, he operated for only a few years before retiring, revealing his secret identity publicly, and building a financial empire based around his past as a costumed hero. Determined to do true good in the world, he is one of the few vigilantes apparently free from psychological scars from his years fighting crime.

Actor: Matthew Goode ("Match Point") as Adrain Veidt, aka Ozymandias

Watchman Man Falling
The mystery adventure "Watchmen" is directed by Zack Snyder ("300") from a screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse, Based on the award-winning Graphic Novel Illustrated by Dave Gibbsons and Published by DC Comics."Watchmen" is a presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures in association with Legendary Pircture.

Watchmen The Comedian
Watchmen was originally published by DC Comics as a 12-comic book series between 1986 and 1987, before subsequently being collected into a trade paperback. It is the only graphic novel to win the prestigious Hugo Award or to be named among Time magazine's "100 Best English Language Novels from 1923 to the Present."