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Deathwatch

2002

Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller / War

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 25% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 13772 13.8K

supernatural world war i assault soldier trenches horrors of war

Plot summary

In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.

Director

Michael J. Bassett Photo
Michael J. Bassett

Top cast

Andy Serkis Photo
Andy Serkis as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
Jamie Bell Photo
Jamie Bell as Pfc. Charlie Shakespeare
Laurence Fox Photo
Laurence Fox as Capt. Bramwell Jennings
Kris Marshall Photo
Kris Marshall as Pvt. Barry Starinski
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
872.35 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 1
1.75 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by view_and_review 6 / 10

Plot not on par with set design and performances

The year is 1917 and a small band of British troops happen upon a German trench. Very few people are alive in this trench and it looks as if something wicked has gone on there. Eventually, the British troops find out that there is an evil presence in the trench, but will they be able to escape it?The set design and atmosphere in "Deathwatch" was primo. It was rainy, muddy, cold, and you can tell that the entire trench was a breeding ground for germs and bacteria. The actors put in strong performances which were on par with the set design. They exuded angst, desperation, confusion, and fear. The plot, however, wasn't as compelling as everything else. I almost feel like the set and the performances were wasted on this piece.
Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Nice terror film upon a creepy confrontation in trenches during WWI

The movie deals with an English soldiers group in First Great War ( 1914 to 1918 ).Perhaps it happens in Verdun , Tannenberg or Marne battle , the film is set on the trenches from one of them . At the squadron appears an evil which murders one by one the members of the team.It's an interesting movie , from the beginning until the end the frightening and scary action is unstoppable.The flick has an eerie atmosphere , it is in gaudy color , enhanced by the mud of trenches and with lights and shades that originates a ghostly setting .Set design is excellent , the movie is enough atmospheric , the dark sludge , the dirtiness and filthiness with the muddy trenches are very well designed .Runtime is adjusted , approx. one hundred minutes , but is a little bit boring because of it occurs limited adventures . However it is a lot exciting , amazing and entertaining.In the film there are suspense , horror, drama , tension , shootouts , frenetic action and a little bit of gore.Everybody actors are pretty well but specially there stands out Jamie Bell , Andy Serkis ( Gollun in The Lord of the rings ) , Hugo Speer and Mathew Rhys .The movie will appeal to the suspense , terror buffs and emotion lovers.Rating 6,5/10 . Good and well worth watching .
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