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Watchtower (2001 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Watchtower' (also known as 'Cruel and Unusual') is a 2001 Canadian thriller film directed by George Mihalka and starring Tom Berenger, Rachel Hayward and Tygh Runyan.
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."
Reviewer M. Lion of the website chickflickingreviews.com called it a "well made movie" and noted that the twists were "quite fun".
References
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