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52% Critic Match
The Watcher
“Don't go home alone.”
5.2 / 10• 2000• 1h 36m•R• English
MysteryThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
James Spader
FBI Special Agent Joel Campbell
Lead
Keanu Reeves
David Allen Griffin
Marisa Tomei
Dr. Polly Beilman
Ernie Hudson
FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
Chris Ellis
Hollis
Robert Cicchini
Mitch
Yvonne Niami
Lisa
Jenny McShane
Diana
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joe Charbanic's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Watcher is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
