The Watcher
5.1/10
Rating
96 min
Runtime
2000
Release Year
Joe Charbanic
Director
Cast
James Spader, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei, Ernie Hudson, Chris Ellis
Quick Synopsis
After years of pursuing serial killers in Los Angeles, FBI agent Joel Campbell is exhausted and traumatized, so he relocates to Chicago to start fresh. However, five months into his new life, a series of brutal murders occur in Chicago that point to David Allen Griffin, a clever and elusive criminal Joel once chased. Griffin has followed Joel to Chicago to engage in a dangerous game, taunting him with photos of future victims and leaving crime scenes without clues to hinder the investigation. Griffin enjoys provoking Joel's reactions as much as committing the murders. When Griffin infiltrates Joel's close circle, Joel must act quickly to stop him before someone he cares about becomes the next victim.
Detailed Synopsis of The Watcher
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.
