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57% Critic Match
Deathwatch
“Deliver them from evil.”
5.7 / 10• 2002• 1h 34m•R• English
DramaHorrorThrillerWar
Storyline
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.
Cast & Crew
Jamie Bell
Pfc. Charlie Shakespeare
Lead
Rúaidhrí Conroy
Pvt. Colin Chevasse
MD
Mike Downey
Martin Plummer
Laurence Fox
Capt. Bramwell Jennings
RH
Roman Horák
German soldier
Dean Lennox Kelly
Pvt. Willie McNess
Torben Liebrecht
Friedrich
Kris Marshall
Pvt. Barry Starinski
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. MJ Bassett's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Deathwatch is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
