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- "The Watcher"
(Reviewed September 7, 2000)
- The basic gimmick of this movie (serial killer sends photos of would-be victims to police, giving them a day to locate and save them before he strikes) could have made for a
typical,
run-of-the-mill, mediocre, forgettable-but-not-entirely-stupid direct-to-video cheapie. Unfortunately, someone had the bright idea to give the role of the killer to Keanu Reeves, who projects about as
much menace as a confused hamster. His portrayal does not even work on a "scary retarded slacker guy" level; he is just plain b-a-d bad.
Also, the movie is sabotaged by some truly idiotic script
turns. When James Spader has the drop on a weaponless Keanu, the guy who has ruined his entire life and killed countless women, what does he do when Keanu tells him that he has kidnapped one of
Spader's friends? Does Spader shoot Keanu in the leg and torture him until he coughs up the address? Why, no! Instead, Spader HANDS KEANU HIS GUN and gets in a car with him! Your intelligence
will
be so insulted it will make you start punching yourself for not walking out of the theatre!
Finally, Marisa Tomei looks absolutely terrible in parts of this movie, but looks like the Marisa we know and love in a hospital scene. Huh? Did they change makeup and lighting guys in the
middle of
the shoot? And does anyone really expect us to buy Marisa Tomei as a psychiatrist? What universe does this casting agent live in?
Back Row Grade: F
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