Watchtower (2001)

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Country: Canada
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Release: 2008-09-27
Director: George Mihalka
Writers: Rod Browning , Robert Geoffrion , Dan Witt
Language: English
Stars: Tom Berenger , Rachel Hayward , Tygh Runyan , Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff , Eli Gabay , Ralph Alderman , Bruce Dawson , Mitchell Kosterman , Michael Leisen , Leo Vernik
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Aux aguets (Canada) , Um Estranho na Torre (Brazil) , Cruel and Unusual (Australia) , Светионик смрти (Serbia) , Le Phare de la peur (France, French Republic) , Watchtower , Cruel and Unusual - Die dunkle Seite (Germany) , Il guardiano (Italy) , Сторожевая башня (Russian Federation) , El faro (Spain) , Cruel and Unusual (Canada) , El hombre del faro (Argentina) , Watchtower - Torre da Morte (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Наблюдателницата (Bulgaria) , Kegyetlen és szokatlan (Hungary) , Cruel and Unusual (United States of America) , Pimeyden tie (Finland)
Plot: Orphan Mike O'Conner was abused from age three by his own dad, fled to Chicago to start a rock band but got dragged in bad mates' crime and convicted under probation. Mike's sister, Kate, managed to get him released and employed as assistant lighthouse guard under Adam Terrell, an author on sabbatical. However, Adam is murdered by serial killer Art Stoner, who takes Adam's place and identity. Art himself is the traumatized son of a prostitute, abandoned by the father, who had to watch his mother 'working' and got beaten, as if responsible, whenever her 'clients' hit her. 'Adam' seems to work out as Mike's substitute father, smacking him at worst, but their past starts catching up and Art being seen in action as Kate's lover poisons the triangle dramatically.
IMDB:tt0268755