
The Watch
Taste attributes: actioncomedymysteryscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysimplebig & variedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connections
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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and original: a dark sci-fi film. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
5.5 /10
TMDB · 1,831 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood - and the world - from total extermination.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- 21 Laps Entertainment
- Taste scores
- How we score
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