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Watchmen: Chapter I
2024
· Movie
· 83 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #369
- Metacritic #223
- Letterboxd #291
- Metacritic Audience #317
Every rating
60–76
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →This is an animated adaptation of the first part of the groundbreaking graphic novel. In an alternate 1985 where costumed vigilantes are outlawed, the cynical detective Rorschach investigates the murder of a former hero, the Comedian. His investigation suggests a widespread conspiracy to eliminate costumed adventurers, leading him to warn his old comrades, setting a dark and complex narrative in motion.
Details
- Director
- Brandon Vietti
- Based on
- Watchmen by Alan Moore
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Animation, Paramount Pictures, DC
- Released
- 12 August 2024
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rated
- R
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (19) →Awards
2 nominations total