Watchman (2019) User Reviews

Underrated

[tarungjis · 6/10 · 12 June 2019]

Watchman is a 2019 film directed by A.L. Vijay. The movie focuses on the character that was played by G.V. Prakash. This movie is precise and finishes in 90 minutes. Even if it was more than 5 minutes, it would have been really boring and unnecessary... There are no duet songs... Love songs... Build-up songs... and etc. There is just one song which is also not when the movie is running, it is in the credits scene. It is completely watchable. Usually, if this was a Pakka Tamil movie, they would drag one more hour, but this was precisely finished. G.V. Prakash's acting was acceptable, pretty good. The BGM is really good but it is a bit over-used in some scenes. When the villain is talking (in Hindi) there are irritatable dubbings added in the back. They should have gone with subtitles because the villain seemed to talk with full emotions. The dog's acting and stunts were impressive, it has done a good job. The girlfriend's scenes were not extra and was done precisely... Overall this movie is a really good film, an amazing thriller with a quick and crisp storyline. I highly recommend you to watch this... Don't listen to the other negative reviews... Those are reviewed by people that prefer highly commercial films by famous actors... A.L. Vijay has done a great job... Hat's off!

Direction: 3.5/5

Script: 4/5

Screenplay: 4/5



Acting: 4/5



Action: 3/5

Comedy: 3/5

Romance: 3/5

Storyline: 4/5

Performance: 4.3/5



Well Done!

Usual crap

[saru2020 · 3/10 · 5 August 2019]

As usually like the director's earlier films, it also seemed like a Korean movie remake with the cut to the chase scenes and theme of the night based one but it was somewhat watchable with the dog playing games.

Decent film with less twists

[prithiviramthirupathy · 7/10 · 4 October 2019]

Decent thriller movie. Enjoyed watching it. Some scenes were predictable but I didn't feel bored because of cinematography, BGM, picturization, comedy portions. Director need to focus on keeping the audience at the edge of the seat by setting more twists in his upcoming films. Anyhow, Applause to the entire crew for making decent film!

This movie is an insult to Golden retrievers.

[udvasishta · 3/10 · 23 April 2022]

Dear movie makers, I understand that you don't have to have knowledge about everything in the world.

But every person in the universe know that golden retriever breed dogs are the least ferocious and the most common family dog breed ever.

People also joke about how they allow burglars to come in.

This movie is an insult to Golden retrievers.

Okay, let's imagine this dog was a killer dog.

But the dog you actually casted in it was nothing but cute.

It doesn't even make an angry face.

And the music playing for the dog as if it's a dinosaur is absolutely hilarious.

I gave you the stars only because I enjoyed seeing this beautiful dog.

I love you doggy!!!!

Thanks.

Waste of 90 mins of my life

[keithnigli · 1/10 · 7 July 2019]

Please don't watch this movie. Saw this movie for the director, GV P and heroine but only good think was the 🐕. Please if you want to waste 90mins of your life please watch this movie. My kids(Studying in 2nd STD) can take a better movie.

The director is known for good movies but this was like a torturing the dead. Heroine was beautiful but nothing to do. GVP no idea why he agreed to this, what to say it's not movie it's not anything!!!

Waste of time

[madg-59209 · 1/10 · 22 April 2022]

The lead actor has done a wonderful job of annoying the audience till the last scene. In fact, the entire crew has done an exceptional job at making this movie cringe-worthy. Those slow motions in this movie are as annoying as those in the TV soaps. Some of the dialogues and the script in general make you feel dumb for watching this movie. It is clear that the writer and director (and everybody else involved in making this movie) believe that the people who watch this movie are too stupid to think for themselves.

The actors are so bad in this movie that even the miscast dog seems to emote better. The film-makers deserve this contempt mainly because of what they chose to do with the character of the dog at the end just to evoke sympathy.

A pathetic movie!

Awesome hilarious movie

[matthewmichael · 10/10 · 4 January 2020]

It's so bad it's good. Keeps you on the edge of your seat--super dog is incredible...dog can fly.

Home Alone Meets Patriot Games Meets Lassie!

[bmcdannell · 9/10 · 17 August 2020]

We accidentally stumbled across this movie when I was searching for the highly acclaimed Watchmen series - and we're delighted we did. We haven't posted a review in ages but with the fairly miserable ratings this has been getting we decided we just had to chip in. whether or not it was intended to be a comedy we laughed all the way through it! First of all, the entire concept of having a Golden Retriever as a watchdog is such a hoot - we have a Golden and the only threat he'll ever pose to anyone is that he might knock you down so he can snuggle up in your lap and give you a tongue bath. We have a sign on our front door: Warning! This home is protected by an overly affectionate Golden Retriever. And they're all like that - really! But our canine hero is alert and dedicated...and wise enough to make Lassie green with envy. Our human hero is a clumsy, well-meaning schmuck who takes way too long to realize that the dog, Bruno, is way smarter than he is. The bad guys are menacing, but wind up doing more harm to themselves than to anyone else. The situations are hilariously absurd and good ol' Bruno comes through every time. I swear, if one of the characters had said, "Bruno, go down to the corner deli - the one on 4th Street, not the one on Maple Avenue, and bring me back a pastrami on rye with extra mayo!" Bruno would have paused, fetched a piece of paper, and used his paw to scrawl, "U want fries w that?"

It was truly the funniest movie we've seen in a long, long time and we'd give it a full ten stars if it were not for one major flaw near the end - and here comes the spoiler, so if you want to avoid it, stop reading now:

The inviolable rule of a dog as hero movie is that you don't kill off the hero. It just isn't done! We will choose to believe that Bruno was seriously injured near the end but was rushed to a kindly, skilled vet who was able to restore him to health so he would live to wag another day. If the director had simply chosen to include a couple of seconds at the end showing Bruno still in his bandages but as eager to please as ever we'd give it ten stars without batting an eye. Since he didn't all we can say is - thanks for a delightful movie...but shame on you!

Bruno the Great

[VishnuprasadKmenon · 10/10 · 26 July 2019]

Its one of the simple thriller movie in Tamil industry. The last 45 minutes is really stunning. Bruno, the dog played a great work in the movie. Movie shows the love of dogs to human. The first few minutes are boring, but later it was thrilled. Good direction, good music everything is good. I gave 10 rating for Bruno. It's a nice simple movie.

Probably the best film of GV Prakash so far!

[maruthuk-21470 · 8/10 · 11 April 2021]

Initially I was little apprehensive about whether to watch this movie, but just wanted to give it a try and watched it with entire family. It's probably the second best film of AL Vijay after Madraspattinam and best film yet for GV Prakash! Very good part is it runs just about 97 minutes. Although first 15 minutes is slow, still screenplay and back ground music is good and next 75 minutes is racy thriller. Heroine has got hardly any greater role to play, but acting of Suman is very good!