31 Days of Horror! Nightwatch (1997) Movie Review!





Ewan McGregor stars as Martin Bells, a mild mannered law student finishing up his final semester at college.  Needing some extra money, Martin takes a job as a night watchman at the Forensic Medicine building.  At the same time, a serial killer is loose within the city killing women.  As Martin adapts to his new job, he begins to witness strange occurrences at the morgue that are inexplicably linked to the serial murders.  As speculation mounts that Martin is the killer he must try to determine who is trying to frame him and why.

 Nightwatch is an American version of the Danish film titled Nattevagten written and directed by the same man, Ole Bornedal.  Though I have yet to see the Danish version, I absolutely adore the American one.  Co-starring Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette and Brad Dourif, Nightwatch is an excellent little thriller that will leave you guessing until the end as to what will happen next.

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