The Watch DVD
Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Rating: 1/5
2012 has not been a great year for comedy movies as there have been more duds than hits I am afraid to say but when you see the names that are linked with this movie you should get excited.
Stiller, Vaughn, Hill and Ayoade are on the cast list while Seth Rogen has penned the script and despite all of this The Watch is one of the worse comedy movies of the year - how they have managed to fail in such a huge way is totally beyond me.
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week.
But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighbourhood -- and the world -- from total extermination.
With all the comedy talent involved in this movie The Watch should have been a laugh a minute and sadly it really isn’t - you will be lucky to get any laughs at all.
Stiller, Hill and Vaughn do their best with what they are given but even their comic abilities cannot save this dire script.
They all deliver performances that we have seen before - particularly Stiller; seriously this whole regurgitating the same character is getting a little old.
As well as lacking laughs The Watch also is void of any jumps or scares and so the sci-fi/horror element doesn’t really work either.
This is a movie that has the potential to be one of the best comedy hits of the year as the cast list really is incredibly impressive.
But The Watch is one of those rare occurrences where bringing together a bunch of very funny actors just is not funny.
Unfortunately The Watch is lacking just about everything from comedy to scares to chemistry between the characters and direction.
It just bounces from one scene to another without any real cohesion or drive and it really is very painful to watch.
The Watch is a movie that should be avoided at all costs.
The Watch is out on DVD & Blu-Ray now
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