Rent Deathwatch (2002)
3.0 of 5 from 75 ratings
1h 31min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- At the height of the terror of WW1, the few survivors of an English regiment, trapped behind enemy lines, take refuge in a deserted German trench, waiting to be rescued. But when no help arrives, one by one they begin to suffer mysterious and gruesome fates. Slowly, a terror beyond all human understanding is unleashed. Is the trench possessed by something even more terrible than the war that surrounds them or does some other unknown evil wait to claim them all?
- Actors:
- Jamie Bell, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Mike Downey, Laurence Fox, Roman Horák, Dean Lennox Kelly, Torben Liebrecht, Kris Marshall, Hans Matheson, Hugh O'Conor, Matthew Rhys, Andy Serkis, Hugo Speer, Pavel Tesar
- Directors:
- Michael J. Bassett
- Producers:
- Mike Downey, Frank Hübner, Sam Taylor
- Writers:
- Michael J. Bassett
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Cinema and the First World War, Drama Films & TV
More like Deathwatch
Reviews (1) of Deathwatch
Turgid despite committed performances - Deathwatch review by AER
Deathwatch can best be summed up as Event Horizon in a WW1 trench. A committed cast try to breathe life into a very rote set of circumstances. The soldiers are played by what was a who's who of British cinema at the time (2002). A few are still around but about half have been reclaimed by obscurity and in one case notoriety (Laurence Fox). The SFX and corpse make up is top notch for 2002 but the pace is boggy and the ending incoherent. I've seen it three times over the years so it can't be that bad. Something of a frustrating experience as I remember bits and pieces but go back for details to see if it improves. It doesn't. LOL. Maybe I'm caught in the same loop as the actors.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.