The year was 2000 or 2001 when Ben Shannon and I rented this terrible Keanu Reeves "horror" movie and watched it at his house. I don't think we liked it even then.
This movie was apparently made because Keanu signed off on a cameo role in the movie, then they rewrote it and expanded his role. He had signed and was legally obligated so he begrudgingly made it. It's one of his few "bad guy" performances.
James Spader is a drug taking cop... Drug taking as in it's seen once, never again, and apparently we are left to decide he "just simply beat it" based on what the movie tells us. Marisa Tomei is a therapist, Ernie Hudson is a cop guy. It's a whatever plot, basically Keanu is killing women and taunting cops, Spader pursues, it's the "cat and mouse" thing you've seen before. Made all the worse by terrible 2000s over done style. Honestly, again, it's an awful time stamp.
From minute 8ish I think you'll know how this one's gonna go. And guess what? You're right. It doesn't shock or surprise. The Watcher marches along, straight down the line, average in every conceivable way, and chock full of stupid early 2000s choices.
I'll give it a star I guess.
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