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The Watch (Blu-ray + UV Copy)

Ben Stiller , Vince Vaughn , Akiva Schaffer    Suitable for 15 years and over   Blu-ray
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt
  • Directors: Akiva Schaffer
  • Writers: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Dec 2012
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B006DZY6Z6
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 596 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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As the advances in CGI special effects have continued to keep action-movie audiences roaring for bigger and better displays of digital bombast, a trend in Hollywood comedies has upped the ante in a parallel way. Raunchy, risqué, and just plain filthy humour is standard fare for audiences who like their vulgar laughs as much as their superheroic explosions. The two worlds collide in The Watch, a dirty shoot-'em-up whose comic core counters the extreme sci-fi story of an alien race that can't take a joke. Fortunately, the decidedly non-superhuman heroes battle it out with equal parts punches and punch lines. The first-rate cast is headed by Ben Stiller, who has plenty of experience with filthy humour and big-budget action. He also has the movie-star charisma to bring high concept down to the toilet or the gutter, whichever happens to be funnier. Stiller plays Evan, the upstanding, uptight manager of an Ohio Costco who starts to really care about crime after one of his security guards is brutally murdered. The police can't really be bothered (Will Forte is excellent as a pompous local lawman), so Evan starts a neighbourhood watch as a way to take back the night. Unfortunately his recruits turn out to be a less than vigilant vigilante group, with Vince Vaughn as a brawny motor mouth obsessed with protecting his teen daughter, Jonah Hill as an off-kilter arms expert who was rejected by the police academy (for good reason), and the indeterminately ethnic Richard Ayoade (excellent, as he was in The IT Crowd), who's focused only on the kind of action that involves sex and females. The quartet's individual issues are played at maximum laugh-per-minute volume and remain part of the story even after the team realises their crime problem isn't from the inner city, it's from outer space. Turns out a hive of aliens have commandeered Evan's Costco as a base of operations to dominate humanity. After all, what better place to stage an Earth takeover than a place that has everything? (Costco should get a big-box good sport award for signing off on such wall-to-wall product placement.) The script by Jared Stern, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg (the latter two's brilliant writing career also includes Superbad and Pineapple Express) is chock-a-block with jokes. The Watch tries so hard for nonstop laughs that it can't help but yield a high rate of success, especially when the material is worked by such an estimable ensemble of comedy pros. It's clear that director Akiva Schaffer fostered a strong improv vibe on the set (his background is directing shorts on Saturday Night Live). He's best at capturing a spontaneous sketch-comedy tone that drives the constant one-upsmanship between the filthy, shocking shenanigans of the four leads. They get ample help from the supporting cast. In addition to Will Forte as the disinterested cop, Rosemary DeWitt is terrific as Evan's demanding wife. And in an extended, uncredited cameo Billy Crudup plays the weirdest, most enigmatic creepy-insinuation-guy ever. Talk about hiding a dirty secret! There's an overall hit-or-miss quality of comedy and action in The Watch, though there are plenty more tick marks in the hit column. It's all bad-mannered good fun with the badge of a hard-15 rating worn as proudly as a giant splooge of green alien slime. --Ted Fry

Product Description

The kings of comedy unite in this hilarious tale of middle suburban America where all is not as it seems. Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill & Richard Ayoade are the unlikely leaders of the “The Watch” in this hilarious and outrageous comedy about a group of guys who must finally take control and find their inner heroes when their quiet suburban lives are threatened.

Special Features:
  • Deleted scenes x 1
  • Gag reel
  • Jonah alternate takes
  • Watchmakers
  • Alien Invasions and You
  • Casting the Alien
  • Theatrical trailer

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I found this to be a) much better than I expected and b) completely undeserving of the bad reviews. After the first 10/15 mins I found myself laughing all through the film. Its not supposed to be clever, nor a classic - its just a bloody funny film. Stiller was good, Vahn better but I found Jonah and Richard stole most of the film. If you want a comedy on the level of films like Blades of Glory, Dodgeball and Grown Ups then watch this. I don't quite get why Stiller fans don't like this. He may be the worst of the 4 in this but that's not because he is bad in any way - just the others are better. Going to watch it again now
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Don't take this seriously 20 Dec 2012
By Dai
Format:DVD
I went to watch this with fairly low expectations, however it really did catch me by surprise at how funny it was. If you just want to sit down, switch off and be entertained then this is a good film....anyone wanting to take a film seriously I would say don't bother.
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4.0 out of 5 stars They're watching you! 31 Dec 2012
By Jules TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Set in the sleepy American suburb of Glenview, Ohio , local busybody & manager of the local Costco store, Evan Trautwig (Ben Stiller-Zoolander) sets up a local neighborhood watch after his security guard friend, Antonio, is brutally murdered under mysterious circumstances. In step Bob (Vince Vaughn -Wedding Crashers) , Franklin (Jonah Hill -21 Jump Street) & Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade -The IT Crowd) who have very different ideas about what the group are going to do, but with Evan's bossy attitude he tries to whip them into shape with varying degrees of success. And as they stake out the town for the killer, it's soon apparent that they are up against no ordinary perpetrator.

Overall the story had me interested from minute one & i was curious to see how they would pull it off, and in hindsight, despite the odd minor flaw they did a good job. The film started out the blocks well, setting the scene in a timely fashion, but then it had some lulls in places that had me getting a little bored. However it made up for this with some funny set pieces & towards the end it picked up & finished on a high. The comedy style is very much similar to the rude & crude humor of 21 Jump street which i've also enjoyed (so take that into account if your easily offended or dislike this style of humor) and had me laughing out loud at some of the things they got upto. The characters each with they're own individual attitude & style, mixed with they're reactions to the various situations made developments more funny than they might otherwise had been, especially if lesser actors had been in the roles. And this is why the great comedy actors portraying them, who are obviously good friends & having a ball come across on screen relaxed with each other, that you could believe these 4 misfits with poles apart backgrounds making an unlikely force. Of note in support, Will Forte (MacGruber) was funny as the oddball policeman who thinks they are a joke.

In conclusion, despite lacking some momentum & laughs in places during the middle portion of the film, it has enough funny moments to enjoy & finishes on a high. If you like comedies with humor similar to 21 Jump Street & The Change Up, chances are you'll like this. Recommended.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars an advert for costco, 3D TVs and condoms wrapped up in a lifeless...
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Published 1 day ago by Rob Simpson
4.0 out of 5 stars A great cast - a great film
With a cast like this, it is inevitable the film will be great too. Flawed, but very entertaining nonetheless. Recommended!
Published 4 days ago by S. Western
3.0 out of 5 stars WORTH A WATCH
Ok it had to be said.Now the film is ok and that's it.Whether you want to add this to your Ben Stiller collection is up to you.Think this is another stoner like Ted.
Published 5 days ago by R. W. Cotton
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny
In my opinion this film was brilliant. Very funny. Prob the best film Ben Stiller has done in a while. I really enjoyed it. Read more
Published 5 days ago by nds
4.0 out of 5 stars Starts slow but stick with it!
Was expecting the worst with this movie. The reviews were terrible, but I find the four lead characters funny, and have found films starring them that have been rated poorly turn... Read more
Published 6 days ago by I. Parr
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun ? Yes.........
I went to see this at the cinema on the day of it's release and had very high hopes for the movie... It did not disappoint... Read more
Published 6 days ago by Luca Stevens
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring
1. No story. Just an Alien that gets shot every now and again
2. Subliminel messages. If you pause the frame at around the 35th minute, they is a secret ad for Coca Cola and... Read more
Published 16 days ago by Isaac Blackburn
1.0 out of 5 stars ouch :(
my biggest comedy actors of all time, im easily pleased when these actors are in other films, this film however, sad face. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Charlotte Matthews
3.0 out of 5 stars Rated wrong
This has a fifteen rating. No way is this a fifteen, we watched with our teenage sons and they thought the language and sexual references were disgusting. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Silver
3.0 out of 5 stars Mindless fun, i.e. exactly what it promises.
Sometimes film reviews online hold every film up to the same standards, expecting the next Adam Sandler film to match up to "Some Like it Hot". Read more
Published 4 months ago by Oliver49
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