Finally watch Watchmen this Friday

Based on Alan Moore’s best-selling comic book series, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985. When police run into a dead end in their investigation of the murder of Edward Blake—a man who doubles as a vigilante called The Comedian—another masked vigilante called Rorschach looks into it on his own believing the U.S. government is working covertly to eliminate all “superhero” crime fighters. Meanwhile the only guy with actual superpowers is an emotionally detached, blue ghost-like Superman named Dr. Manhattan, and he gets accused of causing cancer among certain high-profile people. Shamed, he exiles himself to Mars. Why? Because that’s where super heros go for some “me time.” Problem is, without Dr. Manhattan’s aid, the U.S. weakens internationally and Russia grows stronger, which causes all kinds of problems. So while Rorschach and his masked friends face extermination, Dr. Manhattan must face his own demons and decide if or how to help the country he once served valiantly. Malin Ackerman, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earl Haley, Carla Gugino and Patrick Wilson star. Rated R. (Photo courtesy Warner Brothers.)