Nightwatch

Nightwatch (1998)

  • 24% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (9,065 ratings)

Like The Vanishing (1988 and 1993), Nightwatch is an English-language version of a foreign-made film with the original director hired to remake his own movie. Ole Bornedal was the writer-director of the suspenseful 1994 thriller, Nattevagten, which had no U.S. release immediately on the heels of its… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Ole Bornedal
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Apr 17, 1998 Limited
Miramax

Critic Reviews

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    creepy and effective

  • Maitland McDonagh, Film Journal International

    Saddled with a nominally respectable cast and given a theatrical release, its cliched story and gratuitous nastiness leave a bad taste.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Atmospheric thriller, but ultimately far-fetched and unsatisfying

  • Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

    A repellent parade of gore.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cynthia S


    If they would have just stuck to the Ewan McGregor being scared at work premise, this movie would have been so much better...cuz that was fantastic, scary, and funny! Unfortunately, they decided to try to add a strange storyline with Nick Nolte. Not a good decision...

  • jd c


    There are some truly creepy moments in Nightwatch. This was a well made, nail biting thriller. Plot - "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… More

  • danny d


    this movie wasnt memorable but it was interesting and had a strong cast.

  • Lady D


    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… More

  • Daniel H


    A beautiful, if sprawling, and cinematically unique (artistic use of subtitles, especially) urban fantasy epic. The story seems to inflate to an unweildly size, but this is often a symptom of a movie taken from a book. Thankfully, this sense of sprawl manages to give a sense of… More

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