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08/09/2000 Mystery, Thriller 1h 36m
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Don't go home alone.

Overview

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.

  1. Joe Charbanic

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Spader

    FBI Special Agent Joel Campbell

  2. Keanu Reeves

    David Allen Griffin

  3. Marisa Tomei

    Dr. Polly Beilman

  4. Ernie Hudson

    FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby

  5. Chris Ellis

    Hollis

  6. Robert Cicchini

    Mitch

  7. Yvonne Niami

    Lisa

  8. Jenny McShane

    Diana

  9. Gina Alexander

    Sharon

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-08-26
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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$33,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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