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Nightwatch (1998)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:6

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: While choking down his new job as the night watchman in a creepy, eerily lit morgue, a squeamish law student finds himself targeted as a suspect in the serial killings of prostitutes. Long on... While choking down his new job as the night watchman in a creepy, eerily lit morgue, a squeamish law student finds himself targeted as a suspect in the serial killings of prostitutes. Long on style, with solid technical execution of the requisite alone-with-corpses scenes. Danish director Bornedal's American-audience remake of his own 1994 "Nattevagten." [More]

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette, Alix Koromzay, Lauren Graham, John C. Reilly, Brad Dourif, Lonny Chapman

Director: Ole Bornedal

Director: Ole Bornedal
Producer: Michael Obel
Composer: Joachim Holbek

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12/06/05
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08/10/05
Emanuel Levy
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05/06/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

creepy and effective

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04/18/05
Rich Cline
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Shadows on the Wall

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Robin Clifford
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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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F5 (Wichita, KS)

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Jim Shelby
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

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

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09/09/02
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
Film Journal International

Atmospheric thriller, but ultimately far-fetched and unsatisfying

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08/07/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

A repellent parade of gore.

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06/21/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
 
 
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