BARE BONES: WATCHER (2022)

WATCHER (2022)

Suspense thriller finds Julia (Maika Monroe) moving to Romania with her husband Francis (Karl Glusman). Bored and alone, Julia is looking out the window one night and sees a neighbor (Burn Gorman) staring back. As her feelings of loneliness and isolation grow, and reports of a serial killer on the loose spread through the city, Julia begins to believe the man staring back at her might be the killer. Is it her imagination getting the better of her, or is she really in grave danger?

 

Flick is written and directed by Chloe Okuno and is a sadly underwhelming thriller. This type of story with a fish out of water in a strange land believing they are being watched and followed by someone dangerous has been done many times before. That would be fine if this flick did something innovative with the scenario, but Okuno doesn’t. It plays out just as we expect, follows the formula to the letter, and even ends exactly as we knew it would. Aside from a solid performance by Monroe as Julia and some nice cinematography of Bucharest from Benjamin Kirk Nielsen, there is very little to recommend from this mundane and very routine thriller.

 

-MonsterZero NJ

IT FOLLOWS’ MAIKA MONROE RETURNS TO THEATERS IN IFC MIDNIGHT’S THE WATCHER!

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“Evil wants to be seen!”

From IFC Midnight:

 

“Opening in theaters June 3

 

Director: Chloe Okuno

 

Starring: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman

 

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia – a young actress who just moved to town with her boyfriend – notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street in this terrifying thriller.”

 

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-MonsterZero NJ

Source: IFC Midnight