The Watcher

Name: The Watcher
Released: 2000-9-8
Cast: James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves, Ernie Hudson, Chris Ellis

The Watcher

R
1h 36m
2000

11%

age 18+

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Keanu Reeves stars in The Watcher - an action-packed, "superbly crafted thriller that zooms along like a sinister video game of hunter and prey!" (Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper and the Movies) After years of pursuing psychotic killers in Los Angeles, FBI agent Joel Campbell (James Spader) wants out. And now his nemesis, serial killer David Allen Griffin (Reeves), has tracked him all the way to Chicago just to torment him. Before each murder, Griffin sends Campbell a photograph of his intended victim and dares him to find her before he strikes again. Now, with every tick of the clock, and amidst pulse-pounding action, this stone-cold killer turns up the heat. Co-starring Academy Award®-winner Marisa Tomei, this game of cat and mouse will have you gasping for breath from its first terrifying frame until its final explosive conclusion!

Director:

Joe Charbanic

Producer:

Christopher Eberts, Elliot Lewitt, Jeff Rice, Nile Niami

Writer:

David Elliot, Clay Ayers

Cast:

James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves, Ernie Hudson, Chris Ellis

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

11%

Critics Consensus: The Watcher has Keanu Reeves cast against type, but the movie is short on thrills, suspense, and believability.

Reviews

Midwest Film Journal

Nick Rogers

Had Keanu Reeves gotten litigious, everyone would still remember the lawsuit. No one is still talking about "The Watcher." Well, almost no one. Instead, the stream remained serene. The air remained pure. The breeze, like the man, remained cool.

There's a perfectly acceptable junk food thriller ready to be enjoyed, one doofy, borderline amateurish scene at a time.

Director Joe Charbanic is saddled with an emotionally empty script by David Elliot and Clay Ayers, which matches Reeves's emotionally empty performance quite nicely.

Tired plot and disastrous casting.

Common Sense Media

age 18+

Common Sense Says

Tired plot and disastrous casting.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this is a very violent movie about a serial killer who preys on vulnerable young women. It has some gory deaths and crime scenes. There is some strong language. Campbell abuses pharmaceutical drugs and another is skeptical about his ability to perform under their influence. It has sexual references, including references to adultery, strong language, smoking, and drinking.