# Watchmen : Les Gardiens (2009)

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**Original title**: *Watchmen*
**Runtime**: 163 min
**Genres**: Mystery, Action, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Zack Snyder
**Written by**: David Hayter, Alex Tse
**Starring**: Malin Åkerman, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

> *Justice is coming to all of us. No matter what we do.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

New York City, 1985, rain-soaked streets and a smashed smiley face badge. A retired superhero is murdered, old alliances are rekindled, and a conspiracy unfolds. Snyder adapts Moore's deconstruction with visual ferocity.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.6/10 (608552 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 64% · Metacritic 56/100

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