The Watch (I) (2012)

Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.

Director:

Akiva Schaffer

Writers:

Jared Stern, Seth Rogen,

Stars:

Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Stiller	...	Evan
Vince Vaughn	...	Bob
Jonah Hill	...	Franklin
Richard Ayoade	...	Jamarcus
Rosemarie DeWitt	...	Abby
Will Forte	...	Sgt. Bressman
Mel Rodriguez	...	Chucho
Doug Jones	...	Hero Alien
Erin Moriarty	...	Chelsea
Nicholas Braun	...	Jason
R. Lee Ermey	...	Manfred
Joe Nunez	...	Antonio Guzman
Liz Cackowski	...	Carla
Johnny Pemberton	...	Skater Kid
Sharon Gee	...	Mrs. Kim

Storyline

In Glenview, Ohio, Evan is the manager of the Costco department store and married to Abby. When the Costco night watchman, Antonio Guzman, is mysteriously murdered, Evan organizes The Neighborhood Watch, a watch team with his suburban neighbors Bob, Franklin and Jamarcus to protect the neighborhood and find the killer of Antonio. Soon they discover that the murderer is an alien that is preparing to invade Earth, and they become the last hope of mankind on Earth.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | neighborhood watch | ohio | neighbor | alien invasion | 

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Taglines:

Got Protection?

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

14A

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 July 2012 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Surveillance

Filming Locations:

Marietta, Georgia

Box Office

Budget:

$68,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,750,297 (USA) (27 July 2012)

Gross:

$34,350,553 (USA) (12 October 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Dune Entertainment, 21 Laps Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jared Stern wrote the screen story in 2008 with a teen audience in mind. The writing duo of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were later brought in to convert the story to an R-rated script.

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Goofs

After finding out about the invasion, Bob loads a pistol and Franklin says "nice 10mm Beretta." There is no such thing as a 10mm Beretta.

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Quotes

Manfred: Neighborhood watch, what a fucking joke!

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Crazy Credits

Teenager Announcer is played by Dax Flame, but is credited as Flax Dame

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Connections

References Alien (1979)

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Soundtracks

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Suite
Written by John Williams
Performed by The Los Angeles Philharmonic

User Reviews

If you don't like fun then don't see the watch.

I see a lot of people bashing this film for some reason. Sure it's not some cinematic masterpiece; when I went to see it I wasn't expecting that. "The Watch" is a funny buddy comedy, filled with crude jokes and the silly shenanigans that you'd expect from Stiller, Vaughn, the rest of the cast, and writer Seth Rogen. Like a delicious onion the film does a good job peeling away at the story. Yes, it is not hard see the plot coming, but it's how the characters deal with the situations they encounter, that makes the film entertaining. Crybaby critics with their stuck up trendy smugness, "See, told you the plot was predictable.." Wow, way to over dramatize the obvious, you're so clever. I bet that "Titanic" ending took you by surprise? For all those critics who whine and cry about "The Watch" maybe they should just stay home and watch one of their Disney classics on VHS. This is a great film to see, escape the chaotic world and have a few laughs.