"The Watch" PG 13
Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill join a cast of comedians in a strange blend of 21 Jump Street Men in Black and Superbad in this odd duck comedy about a middle American town where a strange alien infestation happens to elevate the goofy watchmen of the town into infamy. When Stiller's character runs a Costco, his assistant watchman is killed gruesomely, while local cops josh with him and suggest he could have done it, but when others start dying and alien green goo is left at the crime scenes, it looks like aliens have invaded and plan to take over the town. It's like they got a hold of some 14 year old boy's version of a cop adventure. The timing of it being just weeks after the Zimmerman vs family of Martin case is a coincidence, (watchman in gated town shoots unarmed man, not an alien), as Stiller and his gang know nothing of that case since the movie was in production probably a year ago.The aliens apparently have a strange knack for stealing skin, which could have been some high camp horror. At times the gross outs almost save it from being Mall Cop with Aliens. It isn't a terrible movie. One cannot expect it to be great.
Review by Adam Browne
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