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Nightwatch (1998)

April. 17,1998
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A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

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Micitype
1998/04/17

Pretty Good

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FirstWitch
1998/04/18

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Erica Derrick
1998/04/19

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Fatma Suarez
1998/04/20

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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doug_park2001
1998/04/21

Creepy, suspenseful, but fairly formulaic whodunit murder-slasher flick. The fact that it's about a young law school student, decently played by Ewan McGregor, who moonlights as a night watchman in a morgue, giving the audience frequent views of the recently brought-in cadavers, some of whom are victims of an on-the-loose serial killer, adds a nice touch of scariness here. Generally good acting by just about everyone, similarly good cinematography, with a script to die for, npi. I first saw this film shortly after its release in 1997. I watch a lot of this sort: What really made NIGHTWATCH stand out to the point where I still remembered it years later was the fine performance and script of one of the supporting characters, Brad Dourif as the unnamed "Duty Doctor," who is darkly hilarious here. Sample script from the Doctor: "Can I offer you something?. . . . Have you ever spent any time with the 'Zine' family? Thorazine? Stellazine? Compazine? They're really very nice! They will make you sing hymns while you watch a baby fall under a train!"

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Boba_Fett1138
1998/04/22

Well, lets just start of by saying this movie is no way near as good as the original movie "Nattevagten", of which this movie is a remake but it's still being a pretty good and fun whodunit to have a good time with.Kind of weird to notice how different this movie is in atmosphere and approach, since it actually got directed by the same director who made the original, 3 years prior to this American remake. And it's not just different but also most definitely less effective. There is not as much tension and mystery in this one, also due to some pacing issues (it's too fast paced at times) and a poor buildup to things.And all while this movie in essence is still being just like the original. Not much had been changed in its story really and I was therefore also quite surprised to find out Steven Soderbergh was involved with the writing. Guess it was an easy paycheck for him, since really not all that much had been changed or added to the movie, when compared to the original movie.While the original was being a whole lot of different things, this movie is just being a more simple and more straightforward thriller, or rather said whodunit. So really, don't expect this movie to provide you with any horror but as a mystery/thriller, I can still see this movie entertaining a whole bunch of people out there, of course especially those who aren't familiar with the original movie already.And really, the movie on its own is really being quite good and entertaining for what it is. It really doesn't handle everything well, mainly stuff concerning the earlier mentioned pacing and buildup to things but as a whole it's still being a better movie than just the average genre attempt. There are plenty of thrills and surprises in it, that help to keep you invested in the movie.It also has a cast to die for. Really an all-star cast, of which some actors are better known now days as back then. Ewan McGregor plays the main lead, while the movie further more stars Patricia Arquette, Nick Nolte, a still very young looking Josh Brolin, Brad Dourif and John C. Reilly. Not that this movie features any of their best or most interesting and challenging performances but still, it's always good to see so many talented people together on screen.A definitely good enough movie as a straightforward thriller.7/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

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diesockmonkey
1998/04/23

I'd never heard of this movie until I saw it on Netflix instant play. Now I know why. The cast caught my eye and that is the one redeeming quality about this movie. To say that its riddled with plot holes and people doing unreasonable things simply for the sake of building tension would be an understatement. The movie is essentially one big plot hole that is held together by some decent performances and a few well shot set pieces. Josh Brolin was the best performance, but the writing negated that for reasons I won't go into so as not to spoil this for anyone who feels they have an hour and a half to burn.Evidently my review isn't long enough so I will go on to say that the writers have clearly had no experience at all with police procedures or are hoping that the viewers are oblivious. A shame really as I'm a big fan of several cast members.

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atinder
1998/04/24

Ewan McGregor plays a law student who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue. He begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a serial of murders.The setting in this movie was really perfect, i really liked it , it had great atmosphere from start to end and worked really well with the the creepy scenes, they also added some humour into this movie, which i really liked.The deaths were not gory or bloody as this is more of a drama then your normal slasher movies, (it nothing like Scream or Friday 13th movies at all).The acting from the whole cast was outstanding, A really good movie8 out of 10

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