Deathwatch

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Lost deep in the enemy territory of the western front during World War I, allied soldier Private Charles Shakespeare (Jamie Bell) and eight other British soldiers from the Y Company seek refuge in maze of an abadoned German trench. Winding through the twisting tunnels through piles of corpses and hungry rats, the exhausted soldiers decide to hold thier position and await a rescue team. As the soldiers begin to fall prey to an unseen force, one by one thier numbers dwindle and thier suspicions of one another grow. A young soldier who illegally entered the armed forces at the tender age of sixteen, Private Shakespeare must now summon the courage to face an evil greater than he could ever imagine.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Michael J. Bassett
Written By:

Michael J. Bassett
In Theaters:

Nov 7, 2002 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Jun 22, 2004
Runtime:

95 minutes
Studio:

LionsGate Entertainment

Cast

Jamie Bell
as Charlie Shakespeare

Hugo Speer
as Sgt. David Tate

Laurence Fox
as Capt. Bramwell Jennings

Torben Liebrecht
as Friedrich

Mike Downey
as Martin Plummer

Hans Matheson
as Jack Hawkstone

Rúaidhrí Conroy
as Colin Chevasse

Dean Lennox Kelly
as Willie McNess

Kris Marshall
as Barry Starinski

Hugh O'Conor
as Anthony Bradford

Matthew Rhys
as Doc Fairweather

Andy Serkis
as Thomas Quinn

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Critic Reviews for Deathwatch

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (6)

Frankly, it's all tedious on the western front in this bum-numbing bore.

Jun 1, 2012 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Alan Jones
Radio Times
A ambientação chuvosa e lamacenta cria uma atmosfera claustrofóbica, mas o roteiro e os personagens estereotipados não conseguem utilizá-la de forma inteligente.

Jul 1, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Pablo Villaça
Cinema em Cena
Acting, directing, and production values - all very solid. But there are a couple of major problems that keep Deathwatch from reaching it's full potential

May 9, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
It's horror crossed with a war movie, and if you suspect this might mean it consists of men running around in mud while eerie music plays on the soundtrack, you would be correct.

Dec 23, 2002 | Rating: 1.5/4

Ian Mantgani
UK Critic

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Audience Reviews for Deathwatch

Jan 19, 2019

Techically unimpressive, but an interesting story well-acted.

Gimly M Super Reviewer
Mar 17, 2013

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Directors C Super Reviewer
Jan 29, 2012

We went in not knowing what the heck to expect, and ended up being impressed. The movie could have seriously kicked ass if they had done things a little differently, but it had a good cast with solid performances, (including Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell, and "Colin-God-of-Sex" from Love, Actually) and Chris was particularly impressed with the attention to WWI detail. The story was decent, but should have been hyped as a psychological thriller a la Jacob's Ladder, rather than straight up horror.

Summer W Super Reviewer
Nov 19, 2011

Not sure why this has such a low rating here. This movie was really well done. Great actors. Very eerie setting. Very "Twilight Zone-ish". Apparently, these men were stuck in limbo between heaven, and hell. Wasn't too hard to figure out, in my opinion. Hell won out with most of them...

Cynthia S Super Reviewer