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Despite the amusing verbal riffs in “The Watch” (most of them from still-got-it motor-mouth Vince Vaughn) and expert delivery from all four leads, having its main characters both ways — horrifying yet heroic — ultimately sinks this scattershot exercise. ==I — PC==

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