Superb

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2009)

I wasn't expecting this to be great given the ambiguous reviews I had read but it was really good.
The acting is very good with all the characters doing what is needed and delivering much better performances than you normally see in a superhero film. Haely steels the show as Rorschach whenever he is on screen although that may have more to do with the script than the acting, he does get the best lines and most brutal action scenes. Patrick Wilson and Carla Gugino supply the more human element with a believable romance and some very simple interaction. Wilson does get most of the jokes to deliver and some of them are surprisingly funny for an action film. Billy Crudup is mostly a special effect with little to do himself. Matthew Goode is fine as the villain although he is the most 2 dimensional of the characters.
The special effects are good with some spectacular visuals and the action sequences are well choreographed although a few of them are over-done to the point of seeming silly and pointless.
The ending is good, consistent with the tone of the film and not a simplistic happy ending.
All in all a great mixture of action, intelligence and humour.