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.

Director

Joe Charbanic

Written by

Clay Ayers, David Elliot, Darcy Meyers, David Elliot

Produced by

Christopher Eberts, Elliott Lewitt, Jeff Rice

Composer

Marco Beltrami

Cinematographer

Michael Chapman

Editor

Richard Nord

Studios

Universal Pictures, Interlight, Lewitt / Eberts Productions

Origin country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Language

en

Rating

R

TMDB

5.1/10 (538 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

11% Rotten

Metacritic

22/100

IMDb

5.3/10 (29,163 votes)