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Rookie-Critic's Top 25 Films of 2022: #10: Watcher (dir. Chloe Okuno)

Sometimes a film is just really good. It's not really artsy or metaphorical or "indie" (whatever that even means), it's just well-made, well-acted, and well-crafted. A real all-arounder. That's Watcher. Director Chloe Okuno's feature film debut is an incredibly effective thriller, and one that anyone can sit down, watch, and enjoy. The story is solidly paced and wonderfully written and the suspense that this film doles out is beyond comparison to anything else that came out in 2022. You are as afraid of Maika Monroe's protagonist Julia's situation as she is. Her paranoia is yours, and when she is gaslighted and put down as overreacting multiple times throughout the film, you feel as if you are being discredited as well. The film makes no bones about its story being predictable, that's almost the point. That's the beauty of Watcher and the reason it works so well as a piece of feminist media, what's happening to Julia is obvious, it's literally staring her right in the face. She knows how to solve it, she knows who it is, and nobody, literally no one has her back, except for someone who has dealt with her exact situation before. At first I criticized Watcher for being too predictable and for being slightly unoriginal, but as I got further away from it and had the time to reflect, I started to understand the core focus of the film. It didn't need to have some big twist, it didn't need some grand scheme or overly artistic "vision." It wears its message plainly and conveys it through an incredibly real, plausible, and heartbreakingly familiar scenario. This is one of two films in the Top 10 that got neither awards buzz nor a mainstream audience, and it's one that could have easily gotten and was deserving of both.

Currently streaming on Hulu.

I know I wrote a review for Watcher, but I never moved it over here from my Facebook page. Oh well, this is a little more in-depth than that one was, anyway.

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Watcher (2022) Movie Review

Watcher – ABC Film Challenge – Female Directors – O (Chloe Okuno) – Watcher – Movie Review Director: Chloe Okuno Writer: Zack Ford, Chloe Okuno (Screenplay) Cast Maika Monroe (It Follows) Karl Glusman (Nocturnal Animals) Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim) Gabriela Butuc (Closer to the Moon) Madalina Anea (The Protege) Plot: A young American woman moves with her husband to Bucharest, and begins to…

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7 / 10

Título Original: Watcher

Año: 2022

Duración: 91 min

País: Estados Unidos

Dirección: Chloe Okuno

Guion: Zack Ford, Chloe Okuno

Música: Nathan Halpern

Fotografía: Benjamin Kirk Nielsen

Reparto: Maika Monroe, Burn Gorman, Karl Glusman, Daniel Nuta, Aida Economu, Madalina Anea, Tudor Petrut, Gabriela Butuc, Bogdan Farcas, Ioana Abur

Productora: Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Lost City. Distribuidora: IFC Films, Shudder

Género: Drama; Horror; Thriller

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Watcher (2022)

Watcher (2022) enters into a teeming sub-genre and Watcher might just come out on top.

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The Protégé (2021 Movie) Official Clip “But I Like Mysteries” – Michael Keaton, Maggie Q

The Protégé (2021 Movie) Official Clip “But I Like Mysteries” – Michael Keaton, Maggie Q

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The Hard Way (2019)

The Hard Way (2019) #Critique #TheHardWay #Netflix #MichaelJaiWhite #RandyCouture #KeoniWaxman

Résumé : Lorsqu’il apprend que son frère est mort lors d’une mission en Roumanie, un ancien soldat trouve deux alliés pour l’aider à pourchasser un mystérieux ennemi et se venger.

Critique : 

La plateforme Netflix continue à plaire aux fanatiques de cinéma d’action. Après un passage obligé dans en Asie, la plateforme a acquis le dernier long-métrage de Keoni Waxman (End of a Gun). Le cinéaste…

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Watcher Teaches Us To Look Over Your Shoulder

Julia is an actress who moved to Romania with her husband after he gets a job promotion. She notices someone staring at her from the building across the street. Meanwhile, news of a serial killer on the loose is all the talk on the news and on the streets. Could her mysterious neighbor be the killer or is her imagination getting the best of her? Julia is played fantastically by Maika Monroe (It Follows).

Her constant thoughts of this Watcher looking at her and following her around all the time, and the fact that others did not believe her, contributed to her paranoia and I found her acting believable. I felt frightened of her. Vulnerable with her. She is on her own with this. She’s in a foreign country and doesn't know the language. Her husband doesn’t believe her suspicions and thinks she may be in the middle of a mental breakdown. Julia's only friend seems to be her neighbor Irina (played by Madalina Anea). Irina helps keep Julia grounded in reality, she's a comforting friend and also a welcome distraction. I think Watcher has good acting throughout the movie.  All of the characters were played well and had great chemistry. I also liked that there's a constant creepy vibe throughout Watcher. The camera angles, lighting, and actors all contributed to the unsettling feeling that something was not right.  There were a few moments when the pace slows way too much and almost loses my interest. I didn't feel like this from the start but the ending was kind of predictable too. This predictability doesn't take away from my overall enjoyment of Watcher. 

Watcher is a worthy addition to the psychological thriller genre and is worth a watch. Check it out when you can and remember to constantly look over your shoulder. You never know who is watching! Watcher is currently streaming on Shudder. https://youtu.be/KDc6ZLo8sjc As a serial killer stalks the city, 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. Read the full article

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 3 / 10

Título Original: The Hard Way

Año: 2019

Duración: 92 min

País: Estados Unidos

Dirección: Keoni Waxman

Guion: Thomas J. Churchill, Keoni Waxman

Música: Jack Kitchen, Michael Richard Plowman

Fotografía: Liviu Pojoni Jr.

Reparto: Michael Jai White, Luke Goss, Randy Couture, Madalina Anea, Grant Campbell, George Remes, Ovidiu Niculescu, Adreea Diac, Michaela Holla, Bogden Farcas

Productora: Actionhouse Pictures, Hollywood Media Bridge. Distribuidora: Netflix

Género: Action

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9815714/

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 6 / 10

Título Original: The Protégé

Año: 2021

Duración: 109 min

País: Estados Unidos

Director: Martin Campbell

Guion: Richard Wenk

Música: Mark Snow

Fotografía: David Tattersall

Reparto: Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Patrick, Ori Pfeffer, Ray Fearon, Madalina Anea, Florin Piersic Jr., Caroline Loncq, Velizar Binev, Ekaterina Baker, Cosmin Dominte, Jack Derges, Tudor Chirila, Patrick Malahide, Lili Rich, Phong Giang, George Pistereanu

Productora: Arthur Sarkissian Productions, Campbell Grobman Films, Seven Stars Entertainment, Millennium Media, Signature Pictures. Distribuidora: GEM Entertainment, Eagle Films

Género: Action, Crime, Thriller

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6079772/

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