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The Watcher (2000)

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Chris Ellis, Ernie Hudson, James Spader, Jenny McShane, Keanu Reeves ... (see more)

A detective (James Spader) tracking a serial killer (Keanu Reeves) gives up all hope of solving the crimes and moves to another city. After he's settled in the old acquaintance he makes himself known. The serial killer has resurrected and resumes sending him pictures of his next victim.

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11% liked it
85 critics

R, 97 min.
Directed by: Joe Charbanic
Release Date: Sep 08, 2000
DVD Release Date: Sep 02, 2003

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2 days ago
Crap. Avoid this film like the plague.
6 days ago
Wow I would love to see Keanu in more bad guy roles, The movie was enjoyable and suspenseful I would have loved more story it ended too soon for me. Glad I picked this one up never heard of it before
10 days ago
Largely unnoticed, but a solid effort from all concerned (in spite of an uneven performance from post-Matrix Reeves). Spader is particularly good (as always) as the tortured detective bringing a good dramatic edge to a formulaic story in a tired gen... (read more)
16 days ago
how can one make a thriller with absolutely no suspense???? - apparently, no expertise at all. and the actors are just as lame in their uninteresting, shallow roles. bad, bad moviemaking.
25 days ago
Potentiel gache par une trame beaucoup trop lineaire et le talent d'acteur (ish...) de Keanu Reeves.

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1709 days ago
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
One of the lamest serial killer thrillers of the post-Silence of the Lambs era.
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2449 days ago
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
You can't buy Keanu as a sadist, but you do worry about the guys who wrote the screenplay.
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3660 days ago
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
[Keanu's] line readings, aiming for a mixture of suavity and creepiness, just sound silly.
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3660 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Reeves, as the killer, has the fairly thankless task of saying only what the movie needs him to say; he's limited by the fact that his killer has no real dimension or personality apart from his function as a plot device.
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3660 days ago
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
It's a mystery why anybody -- the director, the cast -- would want to devote a significant chunk of their lives to this murky tale.

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