The Watch

The watch is the latest attempt in reviving the career of Ben Stiller. Unfortunately for him, I am sure most will agree that the last time we laughed at his comedic performance was in Tropic Thunder...four years ago; anything after that was complete and utter horse shit! (apologies).

We follow the happy-go-lucky life of Evan (Ben Stiller), who is your local community savour in a small suburban area. In a Town unified by trust and friendship, it is when Evan's managerial position in Castco comes under scrutiny following the conspicuous murder of the stores late-night security guy.

Evan, who once thrived on the saftey of the residents makes it his mission to track down the killer and end this suburban nightmare. Offering to join the band waggon is Bob (Vince Vaughn), Franklin (Jonah Hill) and quirky Englishman Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade). And so it is from there we witness the formality of the neighbourhood watch consisting of four idiots that are now involved in each others lives to further the investigation of the mysterious murder. The car crash comedy is thrown at you once the watch discover a steel ball which turns out to be the property of an Alien. Once the discovery is made, Evan and co decide to ignore the law of the town Sgt Bressman (Will Forte), a sarcastic idiot who struggles to ignore Evan's intervention.

The Watch consists of a reasonably good cast, who to be frank, were once funny, could not have been more dull in this latest attempt at comedy. It is often phrased that critics do not give the genre of comedy the credit it deserves because too many dramas are stealing the awards. Well, an award will never provide the proof of a good comedy, the majority will decide if certain movies are worth the entertainment, so as I am part of the majority of movie buffs, trust me, with 90 minutes of filming, the watch consists of two..maybe three funny scenes.

Watching this gave me horrific flashbacks of Tower Heist which again provided a decent cast (Stiller...) but failed to make me choke on my popcorn, in fact watching both these movies I had hoped to choke on my popcorn purposely! The jokes showed a lack of ambition which consisted of penis jokes that you would have grown ever so tired of, and CUM, aka semen! (although that was one of three funny scenes).

It could have been so much better, after all, the idea of four individuals hunting a local alien sounds hilarious, so either the cast was wrong or maybe the script should have been used as toilet paper. Vince Vaughn was humorous in parts but down right annoying in most. Ben Stiller's character just bugged me. He was basically the dull baby sitter who was provided with a character that is enrolled to take the matter (Alien on the loose) seriously, while Richard Ayoade apparently has a hilarious reputation in the IT crowd?, this is a horrible example of what he can provide the big screen. Jonah Hill's Franklin provided the movie with the three laughs I mentioned previously.

The best possible ending for this movie was that they all get abducted by the toy-r-us life form and die...unfortunately that doesn't happen!

Overall; There isn't many comedies out at the moment, so I understand the need for a cheap laugh on the weekend. So either just rent "21 Jump street" or go see "A few best men" which to be honest provided me with better gags than the Watch.

4/10