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| Vaughn, Stiller, Hill, and Ayoade- The Neighborhood Watch |
Evan Trautwig (Ben Stiller) is your average Joe and
outstanding citizen devoted to the welfare of Glenview. Evan is the founder of
the neighborhood running club and a handful of other community activities.
After one of his work colleges, Antonio (Joe Nunez), is found murdered, and the
dumb-as-bricks local law enforcement refuses to pursue the case; Evan takes it
upon himself to form a neighborhood watch to find Antonio’s killer and protect
Glenview’s citizens. Contrary to Evans hopes of a big turnout of concerned
residents, only three corny middle aged men (Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and
Richard Ayoade) are willing to join the watch. Unfortunately, Evans recruits
are more focused on drinking and catching some break time from their everyday
family lives rather than protecting Glenview. Once Evan’s watch does some
investigating, they discover the person who killed Antonio isn’t a person at
all: it’s an alien. Can “The Watch” capture their out-of-this-world murder suspect
and unearth the truth to why aliens are invading Glenview?
I walked into the movie theater with high hopes for “The
Watch” despite the fact it is a comedy centered around uncovering an alien plot.
After all it had an all-star cast of Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller, and Vince Vaughn;
some of the biggest names in the film industry (only to be rivaled by “The
Expendables”). I couldn’t have been more wrong. It had maybe two instances where
I
