Watching 'watchmen'

Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent, Boston Globe: Movies
Sat, 02/28/2009 - 11:11am

How did "The Dark Knight" become such a phenomenon? Through circumstance and timing, maybe, but also by delivering a superhero landscape marked by vigilantism, a government that abuses its power (sound like anything in the real world lately?), and a protagonist whose role is far more ambiguous than just valiantly saving the day.

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