Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Fella_shibby 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.

dockbillin-2 2014 is the centenary of the "war to end all wars", as they called it then - the war to which young men were pushed into joining, cheered on by civilians at the home front who had not the faintest idea what the fighting involved. In this film,we see the reality - trenches full of glutinous mud, corpses stuck in the mud, the wounded eaten alive by rats; death in all forms - death by shell and bullet,by spiked club (they really did use those for trench raiding parties), death by bayonet and barbed wire.The Good War it wasn't.This is an excellent movie, not least because it doesn't pull its punches. The basic premise - which isn't a spoiler to give away - is improbable, but then all ghost tales are. But the acting is good, the atmosphere is *excellent*, and the pace never, ever, lets up. One finds oneself grateful that it isn't a Hollywood film, though - there are none of the tired tropes of American filmdom, stock characters, predictable ending, and the rest of it.This isn't a pretty film, but then it doesn't pretend to be; and its subject, the brutal war in which the 19th Century gave way to the modern era, is anything but pretty.In the making, though not in the subject matter, this scores higher than the 1979 version of All Quiet On The Western Front, and higher than A Very Long Engagement. If they ever get round to remaking All Quiet, with modern cinematography, I'd be interested in seeing how it stacks up to this. Highly recommended.

udoricht One of the movies again that combines many different genres - supernatural horror, mystery, thriller,war etc. Maybe this is the main problem with this movie 'cause it made pretty mess. Who's killing those soldiers? Some kind of invisible force or what? It's confusing. It has scary moments but nothing else. The plot could've been better. It seemed similar to another movie - "The bunker". Both have similar concepts except the plot period. "Deathwatch" is placed in first world war. But it doesn't matter. Both movies have similar flaws - average plot, acting, special effects and directing and no twist. Both movies are law budget so if you don't have great expectations to watch it maybe you won't be very disappointed.

p-stepien During the I World War a group of English soldiers capture an enemy German dugout, while taking one of the opposing forces hostage. Surprisingly however the German wasn't even protecting the trench from outside forces with his focus set on something much closer. The soldiers (comprising amongst other of Jamie "Billy Elliott" Bell and Andy "Gollum" Serkis) quickly come to realise that evil has permeated the trench with barb-wired death around every corner. Madness and suspicion is released amongst the unit leaving in doubt anyone's survival...Masterfully acted from start to finish with some tremendous rain-drenched photography "Deathwatch" is a very promising experience showing the potential of the debutee director Michael J. Bassett. With a shoestring budget he manages to invoke realistic trenches and positionary warfare with the unseen enemy hiding amongst the mud, water and fog. Additionally we are serviced some quite brutal heart-stopping gore, which makes you double-check areas of your body to make sure you remain intact.Despite consistently conveying the dreary atmosphere the script however is unable to fulfil expectations, even though the open-ended unresolved-on-a-plate ending is a small triumph for the director. Nonetheless the whole movie is predictable and does not offer any freshness. Additionally the plot is severely underdeveloped and some key scenes seem missing or are just tremendously underplayed. Some of the direction tends to be a bit confusing - before the bodycount cuts down the number of soldiers it is hard to actually follow who is doing what or who is who for that matter. In the end it feels more like a well-done test-run created to prove a simple point: I know how to make movies. Essentially perfectly ordinary, but nonetheless sure to creep you out and hauntingly involve during the viewing pleasure.