Brandon Goh

I watched Watcher just a couple of days ago, without much expectation and it gave me a pleasant surprise. It is a good movie if you don't expect the usual elements of visual, sounds and props of extravagance. Without many twists and turns, the movie focuses on the main character, Julia (Maika Monroe, terrific in this), her emotion and her reaction to the foreign surroundings and the intensity of her encounter with the watcher, the movie stays faithfully on the core of the story without the unnecessary funfair. Brilliantly delivered by the director, Chloe Okuno (surprise to read that this is actually her directorial debut), this is 1 hour and 36 mins of thriller that is definitely worth your time. Sit back and enjoy.

No spoiler! And don't, don't read any review with spoiler because regardless of whether you like the ending or not, the series is worth watching. For a limited series of legal triller-crime drama this one is relatively good. So watch it. Ok, my bad, for those who had watched the series, he is a lucky man, after all that, the wife decides to still share the same bed with him :) Oh, Peter Sarsgaad, he is super in it.

I tried, I did, but it was tough. It started off with plenty of actions but very predictable, sadly it got worse from there. I stopped at around the 20th minute. To me, I blame it on the writer(s), they were just lazy, putting up a story without too much of thinking. I do like Aaron Eckhart but don't waste you time on this one. Not for me.

You can see the effort to make this a heavy, serious and complex action movie but they ran out of juice to tell a decent story. There are so many holes and illogical plots that it was so hard to continue watching. Firstly the new DCI, Raine she was absolutely clueless and how did she get to that position I cannot imagine. Then the scene at the Piccadilly Circus, that was ridiculous!! No worry about spoiler here (trust me), the bad guy has his evil act all planned out nicely only to be undone so easily. Then, the one I cannot unseen, Idris character who fell into the frozen lake in Norway, killed the bad guy (nothing unexpected here) and stayed under the freezing water for god know how long....once rescued he was miraculously fine (he had at least 2 stab wounds) and then sent to a secret safe house somewhere in the UK, all that still wearing the same shirt, pant and jacket, with a red tie!!!!! With all due respect to Idris Elba, this movie doesn't need him, I reckon Rio Ferdinand can do the job. Help me to erase all these.

Picked it up because I like Olga Kurylenko but what a disappointment! There are so many holes in the plot, right from the start! You would have to be very patient to keep going after 2 or 3 episodes. Doesn't warrant your invaluable time.

If u refer to a good book as "a page turner", then this one is the exact opposite. Too bad because I actually like Michelle Monaghan

Servant is overall slow moving but carry enough details in each characters to make it interesting and yes the claustrophobic atmosphere is intense and gripping. Performance from the main casts was commendable and real. It is a very entertaining and make you chase for the episodes. As a fan of M Night Shyamalan, I give this series a 4.2/5. Can't wait for season 2