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A young law student takes a part time job as a lone hospital watchman just as a serial killer has begun to terrorize the city. Even more frightening are all the clues, which keep leading back to him. ...( read more 
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MCT:October 1, 2008
It has it's goofy moments and I'm not strongly recommending it. But I do think that Josh Brolin at least does fine work in what's otherwise not really a good movie.
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MCT:July 28, 2008The morgue is an ideal setting for such a psychologic thriller but the movie is over-dependent on it while it would be much better to add certain depth and gravity to the hackneyed plot which makes the movie predictable.
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MCT:July 23, 2008
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MCT:June 19, 2008
Thrilling suspect movie. Nice begining, but from the middle of the movie 'till the end something went wrong...
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MCT:May 28, 2008There I was at 12:45am changing channels while chatting on MSN with a friend. and got to one that said they were giving this. At first I thought it was the russian movie, which I love so I decided to let it on. Then I saw that Ewan McGregor and Josh Brolin were in it and I figured it was another one, it said something about a serial killer, Patricia Arquette and Nick Nolte, so I thought: "this might be good." I was not wrong! This movie is unbelievable! With a fantastic cast is full of powerful performances, all of them are really good, but without taking mertis off Ewan McGregor and Nick Nolte, in my opinion, Josh Brolin was the strongest. His character was versatile, with many phases. Not only was his acting my favorite, so was his character, it was the most attractive in all the meanings the word can have. Ewan McGregor's character was the sweetest, his relationships with Josh Brolin and Patricia Arquette were real and well-portrayed. I love plots like this, they hook me on and I get off on guessing who the serial killer is (I'm proud to say here I figured it out long before it was shown.) The whole necrophilia thing was impressive, disturbing in the way that you want to look away but you just can't. The direction was good, the settings were perfect, the characters, the plot, the ideas, the soundtrack, everything was there to make a great piece.
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MCT:May 17, 2008There are some truly creepy moments in Nightwatch. This was a well made, nail biting thriller.
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"Martin Bells is a last year law student who takes a job as the night watchman in a medical examiner's building. Although most of the time he can catch up with his studying, every hour he has to make the rounds through the complex, including entering the morgue. There, recent murder victims are occasionally brought in by Inspector Cray, a gruff detective who's investigating a serial murder spree along with his partner, Bill Davis.
Martin's girlfriend, Katherine, isn't crazy about his new job, while his pal and fellow law student, James Coleman, doesn't think that the job or either of their lives is that exciting anymore. Believing that they should live life on the edge, James gets Martin to agree to a "game" of challenges where either of the two will test the other's nerves and bravado. One of them involves soliciting a prostitute, Joyce, for various sexual and nonsexual activities. Soon, however, some strange events begin occurring in the morgue and Martin wonders if his friend is behind them, especially when the events make Martin look like the prime suspect for the serial murder spree. As things get progressively worse, Martin doesn't know whom to trust or whether the recent occurrences are just part of a game or are indeed real and potentially quite dangerous."
The acting in this is good, but it's quite awkward. The dialogue is also a little strange, but all of this does not point to a bad movie. As a matter of fact it's what makes the movie so unique and stand out in a very good way. The scenes in the beginning when Martin is working at the medical building alone at night are extremely chilling and very eerie. This is the kind of "guess who done it" thriller that will have you guessing till the very end.
Some bloody moments as well, and the killer plays a good ass psychopath. Great movie, I highly recommend it!
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MCT:January 6, 2008
I'm a huge fan of this movie. This and Ravenous hold a special place in my heart as my favorite not great but good movies.
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MCT:December 22, 2007
This one came out in '98, I believe that's six years before Saw. I'm not trying to compare the two, because Saw seems a bit more complex; however, the key scenes in both movies are eerily the same.
I actually had fun watching this movie. It didn't have the strongest story, and the acting is hit and miss, but the way it unfolds, the shot selection, and the overly plucked strings of anticipated and impending doom, worked well for me.
Bottom-line, I was entertained. If you're into psychological/horror-thrillers, give this one a shot. -
MCT:September 4, 2007
Had some real good scary moments and a moment with Josh Brolin and a handcuff which makes you ask the question, would you?
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MCT:August 24, 2007
This excellently dark piece of Russian gothic fantasy manages to achieve what many of its Hollywood rivals fail perpetually: the creation of a franchise that is as artistic as it is thrilling. For the most part, the story of Nightwatch is very similar to that of Blade and Underworld. However, this is elevated beyond the monotony of these other films by arthouse cinematography, highly evolved computer effects and particularly it's editing. For the first time ever, a foreign film has succeeded in removing the boredom from it's subtitles by intergrating them into the narrative through the editing process: Screams spiral forth from mouths, vampire seductiveness evaporates into crimson miasma and conversations between two characters devide frames up into left and right. Truly, Nightwatch is a landmark title not only for world cinema but for cinema itself. Who knows, in time these new techniques may see world cinema become a part of mainstream society. Easy five stars. I can't wait for Daywatch (the sequal) to be released.
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MCT:August 23, 2007THIS IS NOT THE RUSSIAN MOVIE!!! (SEE MY COMMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FILM PAGE).
WATCH THE ORIGINAL DANISH VERSION INSTEAD! SAME DIRECTOR BUT WITH THE ORIGINAL EUROPEAN CAST! ORIGINALS ARE OFTEN BETTER THAN AMERICAN REMAKES! -
MCT:August 13, 2007
After a little bit of a slow start comes a film that is dark and slightly eerie. A really enjoyable watch.
I'm not really a fan of stars taking on new accents unless it's done really well, I think you could still hear the Scottish in Ewan's voice, apart from that, I enjoyed his performance. -
MCT:July 26, 2007
This movie rocked. I watched it in the middle of the night alone and it scard the crap out of me I couldn't fall asleep i was so scared. It is one of my overall favorite movies
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MCT:July 6, 2007
This terrified me! My sister slept in the floor in my room the night we saw it because she was too scared to sleep alone in her room! Such a good movie that you never hear about.
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MCT:June 19, 2007the only reason this movie is here on the shit movies list is because it had SO MCUH POTENTIAL! The dubs were an absolute joke and it somehow lost its course. Most modern vampire movies have no brains or taste, they are just entertaining and lazy actions, but this one lacks taste, action, brains and guts.
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MCT:June 5, 2007Nightwatch (1997), starring Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting 1996) and Josh Brolin (The Dead Girl 2006), is a decent movie that could have been better. It's got a good story; a night watchman at the city morgue is being framed for multiple murders. A good supporting cast; Nick Nolte (two time academy award nominee for The Prince of Tides 1991 and Affliction 1997) and Patricia Arquette (star of the television series ?Medium?). It even has you guessing till the end, but still it falls just a little short. If you like slightly scary thrillers give it a try, just don?t expect too much from it.
better yet, go see the russian movie by the same name. totally different story, but much better movie. -
MCT:June 3, 2007
A major EM fav, creepy & funny. I used to work the night shift at a hospital & well, u do imagine such things lol. See SHALLOW GRAVE.
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MCT:June 2, 2007
This movie (commonly mistaken for the newer russian film nightwatch) was a REALLY good movie. It was one of those suspense/thrillers
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MCT:June 1, 2007Friggen awesome movie, i cant wait till day watch comes out, oh it came out today, i cant wait till i see it!!!!!!!!
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MCT:May 27, 2007
This excellently dark piece of Russian gothic fantasy manages to achieve what many of its Hollywood rivals fail perpetually: the creation of a franchise that is as artistic as it is thrilling. For the most part, the story of Nightwatch is very similar to that of Blade and Underworld. However, this is elevated beyond the monotony of these other films by arthouse cinematography, highly evolved computer effects and particularly it's editing. For the first time ever, a foreign film has succeeded in removing the boredom from it's subtitles by intergrating them into the narrative through the editing process: Screams spiral forth from mouths, vampire seductiveness evaporates into crimson miasma and conversations between two characters devide frames up into left and right. Truly, Nightwatch is a landmark title not only for world cinema but for cinema itself. Who knows, in time these new techniques may see world cinema become a part of mainstream society. Easy five stars. I can't wait for Daywatch (the sequal) to be released.
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MCT:May 25, 2007
a who-dunnit with a very creepy vibe to it. i like creepy movies. hmm, so steven soderbergh had a hand in this.....
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MCT:May 18, 2007
i think this is one of the best movie trillers ever. Ewan McGregor was great in it, kept me on the edge of my seat
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MCT:May 1, 2007
Creepy, weird, film. Ewan McGregor is in it...he doesn't disappoint though the story will be sure to make you ill....since it is set in a morgue and about someone framing McGregor for, to put it politely, molesting the corpses.
