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In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Theatrical
Mar 6, 2009
Box Office
$185.3M
Budget
$130.0M
Return
1.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 19, 2016
Theaters
1
Director
Zack Snyder
Writers
David Hayter, Alex Tse
Producers
Deborah Snyder, Herb Gains, Lawrence Gordon
Music
Tyler Bates
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Legendary Pictures, DC, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Lloyd Levin Productions
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Quotes
See all →The Cost of Preventing Global Catastrophe
Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt
Of course, my moral safeguards gave me pause at the necessary sacrifice. A few key regions around the globe - New York, Los Angeles, Moscow, Hong Kong - disintegrated in an instant. Fifteen million people killed by Dr. Manhattan himself. The world's punishment for flirting with World War III.
The Futility of Traditional Heroism
Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt
Dan, grow up. My new world demands less obvious heroism. Your schoolboy heroics are redundant. What have they achieved? Failing to prevent Earth's salvation is your only triumph.
A World Transformed Through Sacrifice
Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt
What, in life, does not deserve celebrating? This is the new Karnak. This represents the culmination of a dream more than 2000 years old. A dream now assured because of your unquestioning assistance. And for this, I am ashamed. Ashamed that you must now share such inadequate a reward. To the pharaohs. Their greatest secrets entrusted to their servants. Buried alive with them in sand-floored chambers. Sleep well, gentlemen. Our new, peaceful world will be indebted to your great sacrifice. Bubastis.
[raising a toast with his researchers; the researchers die from drinking poisoned champagne]
Pursuing Conquest Through Ancient Teachings
Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt
Well, it was unprecedented. I wanted... needed to match his accomplishments, and so I resolved to apply antiquity's teaching to our world, today. And so began my path to conquest. Conquest not of men, but of the evils that beset them.
Cast
Full credits →M
Malin Åkerman
Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
P
Patrick Wilson
Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
B
Billy Crudup
Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
Matthew Goode
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
J
Jackie Earle Haley
Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
J
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Edward Blake / The Comedian
Carla Gugino
Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
L
Laura Mennell
Janey Slater
M
Matt Frewer
Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
S
Stephen McHattie
Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
R
Rob LaBelle
Wally Weaver
G
Gary Houston
John McLaughlin
J
James M. Connor
Pat Buchanan
J
John Shaw
Doug Roth
R
Robert Wisden
Richard Nixon
J
Jerry Wasserman
Detective Fine
D
Don Thompson
Detective Gallagher
F
Frank Novak
Henry Kissinger
S
Sean Allan
Norad General #1
G
Garry Chalk
NORAD General
