Watchtower (2001 film)
Watchtower (also known as Cruel and Unusual) is a 2001 Canadian thriller film[2] directed by George Mihalka and starring Tom Berenger, Rachel Hayward and Tygh Runyan.
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Directed by | George Mihalka |
Produced by | John A. Curtis Richard O. Lowry Evan Taylor Evan Tylor |
Written by | Rod Browning Robert Geoffrion Dan Witt |
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Music by | Michel Cusson |
Cinematography | Peter Benison |
Edited by | Glenn Berman |
Production company | Alliance Atlantis Communications Frontline Entertainment GFT Entertainment H30 Filmed Entertainment Inc. Le Monde Entertainment |
Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis Communications |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $CAD5,100,000 (estimated)[1] |
Premise
A brother and sister move to a sleepy Oregon town and are befriended by a stranger with a magnetic personality on a summer sabbatical.
Cast
- Tom Berenger as Art Stoner
- Rachel Hayward as Kate O'Conner
- Tygh Runyan as Mike O'Conner
Reception
Moria.co gave the film a good review. Watchtower got three stars and the reviewer stated: "Watchtower/Cruel and Unusual offers Mihalka the best budget he has ever had to date and he does wonders with it. There is some particularly beautiful and impressive location scenery – despite being set in Seattle, the film is in actuality shot a little further up the coast in the somberly beautiful area of Vancouver Island, where Mihalka does a fine job of capturing the verisimilitude of a small fishing town."[3]
Reviewer M. Lion of the website chickflickingreviews.com called it a "well made movie" and noted that the twists were "quite fun".[4]
References
- "Budget". IMDB. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- http://www.moriareviews.com/horror/watchtower-2001-cruel-and-unusual.htm
- "WATCHTOWER aka CRUEL AND UNUSUAL". Moria.co. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- https://chickflickingreviews.com/2014/01/02/movie-review-cruel-and-unusual-aka-watchtower/
External links
- Watchtower on IMDb
- Watchtower at Rotten Tomatoes
- Watchtower at Moria.co
- Watchtower at BBFC
- Watchtower at Movie-Roulette