The Watchmen – BBFC Classification
Consumer Advice: Contains strong bloody violence
WATCHMEN is the latest film from director Zack Snyder and the team behind 300. Based on a famous graphic novel from the 1980s it tells the story of an alternate America in which the Vietnam War was won, Nixon was elected for a third term and costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of society. It was passed ‘18’ for strong bloody violence.
The BBFC Guidelines at ‘15’ state that ‘violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury’. In WATCHMEN however there are a number of scenes that focus on strong detailed violence and its gory result. In one such example, a man is stabbed through the arm, with it forcefully twisted and broken as the knife is shown penetrating his arm and emerging from the other side. In another, a man is shown being struck in the head with a meat cleaver followed by repeated bloody sight of the cleaver striking the head. Both of these scenes, in addition to one or two others, were considered inappropriate at ‘15’ and better placed at the adult ‘18’ where detail of strong violence is permitted.
WATCHMEN also contains an attempted rape scene, strong language and sexual activity without strong detail.
This work was passed with no cuts made.
The main spoken language in this work is English
Directed by Zack Snyder
The cast for this work includes: Carla Gugino, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earl Haley, Matthew Goode, Stephen McHattie, Matt Frewer, Laura Mennell, Danny Woodburn, Niall Matter.
When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 161m 54s.
The running time of this film was calculated from the measured length of 14571+9 ( feet + frames ).
This work was submitted to the BBFC by Paramount Pictures UK .
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