The Watcher Image
Metascore

Generally unfavorable - based on 28 Critics

User Score

Generally unfavorable- based on 12 Ratings

Summary: David Allen Griffin is a cool killer- time and time again, he chooses a female victim, studies her for weeks till he knows her routine to the smallest detail, makes meticulous preparations using his forensic knowledge to gain entry when she's quite alone, subdues her and administers a long, torturous death. Joel Campbell got so frustrated by his failure to capture Griffin in LA that he quit the FBI, moved to Chicago and remains in psychiatric therapy, unable to function normally. Then he realizes, when opening his mail very late, that a new murder victim is Griffin's, and the killer send him pictures of her. Campbell reports this to the police, but is unwilling to join them in the search, suggesting Griffin is too slick and clever; yet he won't get out of it that easily...
Runtime: 97 min
Rating: Rated R for violence and language.
Production: Universal Pictures
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Language: English
Home Release Date: Feb 20, 2001
Director Credit
Joe Charbanic Director
Writer Credit
Clay Ayers Screenplay
Darcy Meyers Story
David Elliot Story
Principal Cast Credit
James Spader Campbell
Keanu Reeves Griffin
Marisa Tomei Polly
Cast Credit
Andrew Rothenberg Jack Fray
Chris Ellis Hollis
David Pasquesi Norton
Ernie Hudson Ibby
Gina Alexander Sharon
Jenny McShane Diana
Jill Peterson Jessica
Joseph Sikora Skater
Michele DiMaso Rachel
Rebekah Louise Smith Ellie
Robert Cicchini Mitch
Yvonne Niami Lisa
Producer Credit
Brian Benson Line Producer
Christopher Eberts Producer
Clark Peterson Co-Producer
David Elliot Co-Producer
Elliott Lewitt Producer
Jeff Rice Producer
Jeremy Lappen Co-Producer
John D. Crededio Co-Executive Producer
Nile Niami Producer
Patrick D. Choi Executive Producer
Paul Pompian Executive Producer
Steven T Puri Co-Producer
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