The Watch.. laughter, aliens, mayhem!

The Watch - your friendly neighborhood Alien busters

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

Ben Stiller plays Evan, husband to a loving wife, manager of a Costco branch in town, recently devastated by the murder of Antonio Guzman, a fellow employee is poised to solve the murder and find the culprit, enlisting the help of Franklin (Jonah Hill), Bob (Vince Vaughn) and Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade), and in the process finding about an attempt to invade the Earth.  Thus starts their misadventures in saving the Earth.

British Comedy Actor Richard Ayoade joins Ben Stiller in “THE WATCH”

Fast-rising British comedy talent Richard Ayoade joins Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill in the neighborhood comedy “The Watch” directed by award-winning writer and musician Akiva Schaffer (“Saturday Night Live”).

“The Watch” follows four suburban men who formed a group to guard their neighborhood after a series of unexplained fatalities start to toll in their town.  Headed by the civic-minded Evan (Stiller), along with Bob (Vaughn), Franklin (Hill) and Jamarcus (Ayoade), the group initially follows some dubious teens who stay way past their bedtime, thinking they might find the culprit in their midst.  It wasn’t long before they realize that they’re fighting forces greater than they have imagined.  The four eventually comes to terms to settle their differences when the aliens start rummaging and rampaging through their watch in an attempt to take full control of earth. 

JUMPSTREET’S JONAH HILL IN ANOTHER OUTRAGEOUS COMEDY – “THE WATCH”

 

After debuting in the comedy “I Heart Huckabees,” Jonah Hill has steadily posited himself as a solid hilarious support in the string of his movies that followed.  Appearing afterwards in acclaimed hits like “The 40-Year Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “Superbad,” “Forgettting Sarah Marshall,” “Get Him to the Greek,” “Moneyball” and the most recent “21 Jump Street” with Channing Tatum which is Hill’s highest grossing film after “Superbad.”

Ben Stiller and Vince Vaugh ward off aliens in "The Watch"

Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn reunite in “The Watch” along with Jonah Hill and British comedian Richard Ayoade who band together in the film to uncover the mysterious events happening in their neighborhood. 

Ben Stiller’s Evan is a senior manager at the superstore Costco, having made a not-so-lightning-fast ascent to that position from assistant manager.  Evan is a dedicated employee, but his heart is with the Glenview Neighborhood Watch, of which he is the founder and CEO.   “Evan is very community-oriented,” says Stiller, “because he has so few friends, and these clubs give him the opportunity to meet new people.”