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.
| Watchtower | |
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| Directed by | George Mihalka |
| Written by | Rod Browning Robert Geoffrion Dan Witt |
| Produced by | John A. Curtis Richard O. Lowry Evan Taylor Evan Tylor |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Peter Benison |
| Edited by | Glenn Berman |
| Music by | Michel Cusson |
Production companies | Alliance Atlantis Communications Frontline Entertainment GFT Entertainment H30 Filmed Entertainment Inc. Le Monde Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis Communications |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $CAD5,100,000 (estimated)[1] |
Premise
editA brother and sister move to a sleepy Oregon town and are befriended by a stranger with a magnetic personality on a summer sabbatical.
Cast
edit- Tom Berenger as Art Stoner
- Rachel Hayward as Kate O'Conner
- Tygh Runyan as Mike O'Conner
Reception
editMoria.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
edit- ^ "Budget". IMDB. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Watchtower (2001)". 11 September 2003. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "WATCHTOWER aka CRUEL AND UNUSUAL". Moria.co. 11 September 2003. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Movie Review: "Cruel and Unusual" (Aka "Watchtower")". 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
External links
edit- Watchtower at IMDb
- Watchtower at Rotten Tomatoes
- Watchtower at Moria.co
- Watchtower at BBFC
- Watchtower at Movie-Roulette
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