Kim Bodnia, Lotte Andersen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
A poor law student, Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), takes a job as the lone night watchman at the city morgue to earn some easy cash. But his cushy job gets complicated when a serial killer starts kee...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 6, 2002
Stats: 85 reviews
Plot
In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow student Jens, the police...( read more)
I can't believe the american movie "Nightwatch" with McGregor is a pure copy of this Danish version... it's the exact same movie with just a different cast... so all the good comments I put for the other should go to this one... minus the performance of the actors.
Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Low).
First viewing: 21.10.1996
A quirky thriller wtih very competent direction by Ole Bornedal. It does suffer from some plot contrivances though.
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