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NIGHTWATCH

1997 US HMDB
January 31, 1997

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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Production: Bob Weinstein (Executive Producer)Harvey Weinstein (Executive Producer)Cary Granat (Executive Producer)Michael Obel (Producer)
Screenplay: Steven Soderbergh (Screenplay)Ole Bornedal (Screenplay)
Music: Joachim Holbek (Original Music Composer)Gary Clark (Original Music Composer)
Cinematography: Dan Laustsen (Director of Photography)

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Marco Castellini
Martin, a young law student, to make ends meet, finds a part-time job as a night watchman in a morgue. But, unfortunately for him, he chose the wrong time, as a serial killer is terrorizing the city and the clues, strangely, all lead to him... In fact (few people know) it is a remake of a 1994 film, by the same director Ole Bornedal, released in Italy with the title "Guardiano di notte". Given the good success (critical) that film received, winning some awards in festivals and specialized thriller-horror reviews, the Danish director was called by Miramax to remake the same film with multiplied money and star actors. The result obtained is rather good: "Nightwatch" is a decent thriller, sufficiently engaging and well acted (among the protagonists Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette and Nick Nolte) but not memorable. The film did not have the expected success, according to the director because of the producers who would have re-edited the film ruining it irreparably.
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6 /10

Apparently based on my rating on IMDb, I had seen this before but watching now I don't remember a singular thing about it nor does it seem I have it in my collection (possible I rented it on Netflix or Blockbuster back in the early 2000s). In any case, some interesting aspects here but pretty bland overall though a stellar young cast with Ewan McGregor and Josh Brolin before they hit it big. While it doesn't always work as it was re-worked by the studio to be a slasher, I still found it watchable. 2.75/5

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