The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Synopsis: It's 1899 tensions between Germany and England are growing and a mysterious perosn called the Phantom starts doing things to provoke a war. In order to profit by selling selling weapons of mass destruction during the war. Desperate to prevent a disaster, an agent of the British government, "M" (Richard Roxburgh), calls on Allan Quatermain, the world's greatest adventurer who leads a legion of superheroes the likes of which the world has never seen.
Quatermain's extraordinary League is comprised of Captain Nemo, Dracula vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Sawyer, Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and M--the League's enigmatic recruiter. Their assignment: track down the Phantom, prevent him from sabotaging a secret peace summit in Venice, and bring him to justice. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has 96 hours to save the world. |