The Watcher is about a tormented FBI agent and a deranged serial killer. For some reason, James Spader plays the former and Keanu Reeves the latter, when it’s obvious to anyone familiar with both actors’ careers that it should be the other way around. Miscasting aside, Reeves sleepwalks through his role as if it were a contractual obligation – which it apparently was; if you believe his story, someone forged his signature on the contract. I’m going to go ahead and take that with a grain of salt; on the other hand, at least Reeves, unlike Spader, has an excuse, far-fetched though it may be.…
“Don't go home alone.”
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die.
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Lewitt / Eberts Productions, Choi / Niami Productions, Driven Productions, Inc., Interlight
- Budget
- $33M
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Cast
James SpaderFBI Special Agent Joel Campbell
Keanu ReevesDavid Allen Griffin
Marisa TomeiDr. Polly Beilman
Ernie HudsonFBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
Chris EllisHollis
Robert CicchiniMitch
Yvonne NiamiLisa
Jenny McShaneDianaGina AlexanderSharon
Joseph SikoraSkater
Jillian PetersonJessicaMichele DiMasoRachelMedia
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FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could …
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