Visually striking and Entertaining throughout

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2017)

Watchmen is seen as a very different and more adult-oriented superhero film genre than what we are mainly used to seeing. This film is set in an alternate 1985 United States, a nation on the brink of nuclear war with the USSR, and with Richard Nixon enjoying his fifth term as president.
Although we weren't as familiar with or as enamored by the source material as some prior to the movie's premiere. Director Zack Snyder has also cast the film exceptionally well as the lead actors do their role. Mainly Jackie Earle Haley is the standout portrayed as Rorschach, while Patrick Wilson makes a strong impression as Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl. As well as Malin Akerman (Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre) play the two Watchmen who most enjoy being superheroes, and they run with it. This film is definitely filled with more adult content as in the tone is dark and moody, and not as happy settling as many past seen superhero films. Watchmen has a lengthy running time but there is much build up to certain scenes and characters that it is well worth the wait.
Unfortunately this film was not a success at the box office (mainly in favor of the foreign market) that a sequel was not in the works. Well, as a stand alone film, Watchmen is visually stunning, filled with inept characters and a plot that is worth watching and waiting for. Watchmen, as many have said, is not a film for younger audiences and entertainingly not for everyone.