A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost. Read more
| Starring | Gerard Butler, Salli Saffioti |
|---|---|
| Director | Mike Smith, Daniel DelPurgatorio |
| Genres | Animated |
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A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.
| Starring | Gerard Butler, Salli Saffioti |
|---|---|
| Director | Mike Smith, Daniel DelPurgatorio |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Animated |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 06 Apr 2009 Blu-ray: 06 Apr 2009 Production year: 2009 |
| Format | DVD |
Let me start by saying for all you who think this is, Watchmen 2 or the original Watchmen it's NOT!
This is one of the, 'in film comics' that superhero's read in, Watchmen' the film. As one of the writers says on the DVD when talking about The Black freighter, Superhero's wouldn't read about other Superheo's they would read something different, maybe Pirate stories.
The DVD is made up of 3 parts, the Black freighter story, (in comic book form ie. animation). First chapter of the Watchmen film in comic book form and actors, writers and production staff on the next release by DC Comics called, 'The Green Latern'.
All interesting, but would like to have the Black freighter longer, it lasts about 30 mins. Probably my fault for not checking properly but nonetheless good chiller.
This is not Watchmen 2, not the movie that has been at the cinema! It is an animation but quite graphic in gore. I personally did not rate it, partly as it was totally something different from what I was expecting but also a short animation about an hour long. Disapointing!
Published between 1986 and 1987 and made up of lots of minutely detailed parts - just like a watch - Watchmen was the graphic novel that proved comic books could be as sophisticated as any great piece of art. However, this complexity is also the reason that the comic was deemed "unfilmable". Now, 22 years later, the dauntless Zack Snyder has succeeded where directors such as Terry Gilliam, Darren Aronofsky and Paul Greengrass failed. In the first of our special three-part Watchmen interview,... Read more
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