László Kovács was a Hungarian cinematographer who was influential in the development of American New Wave films in the 1970s, collaborating with directors like Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Rush, Dennis Hopper, Norman Jewison, and Martin Scorsese.
Set in an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of everyday life. When one of his former comrades is murdered, a masked vigilante named Rorschach uncovers a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his retired associates, only one of which has true powers, all of them are exposed to a much darker plot involving their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the world's future.
