“The Watch” – Kevin Brackett (Review St. Louis)
You may not think you know Akiva Schaffer, the director of The Watch, but chances are you most certainly do. His first feature-length film, Hot Rod, although lacking critical acclaim, is considered a modern day cult classic. And he has written for Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2011, and directed over 60 digital shorts including “I’m On a Boat,” “Jack Sparrow,” “Motherlover” and “Jizz in My Pants.” But when you land a job directing a film starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill – some of the biggest comedians around – you know you’ve hit the big leagues. And...
The Watch – Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill)
The Plot:
Evan (Ben Stiller), manager of the local Costco, forms a neighborhood watch after an employee is murdered. His three compatriots, Bob (Vince Vaughn), Franklin (Jonah Hill) and Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade) enthusiastically join his ranks for the beer and banter, not the patrols.
When they discover the plot for an alien invasion, these four misfits must set aside their growing differences to foil this world-ending plot.
Kent’s Take:
Sometimes a movie is made for the right reasons, sometimes for the wrong ones. “The Watch” shouldn’t have been made at all.
Evan is an all-around-nice-guy with ethnically diverse friends, but he is...
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