Deathwatch (2002)

I love this movie so much

best movie i've ever seen.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

A troop of British soldiers lost in battle seize an enemy trench, but their survival is threatened by its ghastly mysteries ...Good concept - basically the writer/director has converted the legend of The Marie Celeste to the killing fields of WWI, and let loose the psychology that we've built up around that conflict. Or you could think in terms of Dead Calm, maybe even Aliens or 2001. Gasp! From the opening battle sequence it's clear there was money behind this production, but it didn't carry the impact of the over-the-top finale to Blackadder, so I could have done without all the Boom-Boom-Boom in favour of just slipping into the claustrophobic trek through the mist.The star of the film is the trench - I got the sense of it as a deadly command centre turning its hostile attention inward. But the mythos of the story is confused, juggling the paranormal and the psychological, with a twist that is telegraphed early on and a conclusion that has it both ways.The performances are OK, but the actors have to struggle with cut 'n paste dialogue and characterisation, although the hero does come through well in the climax. I loved the rotting corpse gore. Music was ham-fisted, trying to distract from a lack of heart in the story.Overall: Great setting, but tangles itself in barbed wire.

I saw this film in 2003 on a DVD. Nice film. The movie could have been very good if some attention was paid towards editing n screenplay. Good direction by Michael J. Bassett. Decent acting by Andy Serkis n Jamie Bell. Nevertheless it has some of the most realistic screen recreations of trench life at its worst, rats, rains n ruins. The flick has an eerie atmosphere, wonderfully creepy, suspenseful n nicely enhanced by the mud of trenches. Set design is excellent, shot very well all the dirtiness and filthiness with the muddy trenches n continuous rains. There's enough gore n tension. Some good cinematography by Hubert Taczanowski. The atmosphere, and the design made you feel as if you actually were in a world war one trench. The rain and the place were characters themselves.

This was good, really good. The cast was excellent and the story bold, spooky and kept you wondering what the hell was going on. In fact, by the end *SPOILER ALERT* you figure out these dudes are in a kind of hell, commonly known as purgatory. I love purgatory stories. The movie was nicely paced with enough twists to keep you on the edge of your seat and the setting with the fog and mud and the guy peering through the caked-on mud was dramatic. I really liked the way it ended too - because you know the scary is not over yet. A nice little find on Netflix. Also, Jamie Bell is an excellent actor - even back then because he was seriously young. Overall, a very enjoyable film.

"Deathwatch" seems to be a film that has been shunned by many professional critics, as being another low budget, gore-fest horror. However this film is truly under-rated, considering the budget compared to that of many other horror movie's to come out of the likes of Hollywood.The backdrop to the film is the First World War, a period in time that has been all but neglected in film over the past 40 years. Even though the war is not central to the film, it creates an eerie atmosphere of struggle and hardship faced by the British soldiers in the trench.The basic synopsis of the film is that of an evil supernatural phenomenon that soon starts to hunt down the members of a lost British Regiment, camped out in an abandoned German trench. Soon, the comrades start to turn on one another, and a vibe of distrust and suspicion creeps over the men.Unlike many other horror films, the British soldiers are 9 very unique characters. From the timid protagonist Shakespeare, to the battle hardened Scotsman Pvt.McNess, you feel a connection towards the characters. Many horrors are guilty of creating duplicated characters, who you have no real care for, but not this film.For a low budget film, this work of horror will keep you guessing until the very end. Truly a film worth watching.