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| WATCHER |
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in: Circuit Planete
Date: January,
2001 |
Synopsis:
A stylish thriller that recalls David Fincher's
SEVEN, THE WATCHER is set in the urban landscape of modern
Chicago. The story follows Los Angeles transplant Joel
Campbell (James Spader), an ex-police detective who has
relocated to Chicago in order to escape his past. It
appears that a dangerous serial killer, David Allen
Griffin (Keanu Reeves), has formed a special emotional
attachment to Campbell, luring him to Chicago in order to
continue their deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Each game
commences when Griffin sends Campbell a picture of a young
girl, giving Campbell twenty-four hours to track her down
before she's murdered. After three tragic failures, the
stakes are upped when Griffin kidnaps Campbell's beautiful
psychiatrist, Polly (Marisa Tomei), mimicking an earlier
event that drove Campbell to Chicago in the first place.
THE WATCHER is a commentary on modern society's effect on
people: making them crudely unable to notice the
peripheral people in their daily lives. First-time
director Joe Charbanic shoots his film like a music video,
using elliptical editing, slow motion, and a
post-industrial soundtrack that greatly reflects the
Chicago music scene. As the tortured detective, Spader
possesses an internal fire that gradually builds in
intensity as the film progresses. |
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