This film has Angel in it. Need I say more? OK, I probably do as I am willing to acknowledge that not everyone is a fan of "Angel" (Wednesdays, 10.30pm, Prime). This film begins with a boy at a sixth grade Valentine's Day dance. There, the young nerd is subjected to ridicule by the girls he asks to dance. The premise is that the once publicly humiliated guy has decided to unleash 13 years of pent-up rage against those who offended him the most grievously. So he sends them creepy valentines, then stalks and kills them one-by-one. Unfortunately for the victims, they're all bitches, so we don't feel much sympathy for them as they are systematically dispatched.
Here's a movie you can have a lot of fun with, kind of along the lines of the audience at Urban Legend 2 (hey I'm writing this the day after seeing it so it's fresh in my mind). The plot and acting aren't the important elements of this film. Denise Richards says her lines as if she's underlined all the important words (but hey, at least she looks good, I suppose). David Boreanaz says most of his lines like he's going to be forced to sing Barry Manilow's "Mandy" in a karaoke bar (sorry, couldn't resist that reference to "Angel"). It's the end of semester and your exams are over. Just come along and have a good time. I promise that you won't need your brain for this one.

In today's film scene, serial killer movies abound. If there were as many actual serial killers as the movies purport, the population of the world would not be anywhere near what it is today. Perhaps that would be a good thing, since there would probably be fewer people around to write serial killer movies. Hmmmm.
The plot goes something like this: FBI agent Joel Campbell (James Spader) has recently moved from LA to Chicago after failing to apprehend the notorious serial killer David Griffin (Keanu Reeves), a meticulous man who watches his victims for weeks before moving in and brutally murdering them with piano wire. Now, Griffin has followed Campbell to Chicago and started up his spree again, only this time, he wants to make the "game" more interesting. A day before each killing, he sends a picture of the intended victim to Campbell, giving him until 9pm to find and save the woman from her fate.
This is the first time out for music video director Joe Charbanic. He directed some of Dogstar's (Keanu Reeve's band) videos. The shining light in this film is Keanu Reeves, who is surprisingly effective as a killer, with his easygoing charm and charismatic smile hiding a cold-blooded interior. Enjoyment of this film requires a suspension of disbelief on many counts. But so do a lot of movies. That just means that The Watcher is your average thriller movie and if like me, you don't think too hard about it, this movie is a good watch (get it 'good watch' The Watcher sigh!).