In the middle of World War I, nine British soldiers caught behind enemy lines seek refuge in a complex network of German trenches. What they soon discover is that they aren't alone - and it isn't a German soldier that's hunting them down.
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Title: Deathwatch (2002)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Jamie Bell | ... | Pfc. Charlie Shakespeare | |
| Rúaidhrí Conroy | ... | Pvt. Colin Chevasse (as Ruaidhri Conroy) | |
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Mike Downey | ... | Martin Plummer |
| Laurence Fox | ... | Capt. Bramwell Jennings | |
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Roman Horák | ... | German soldier (as Roman Horak) |
| Dean Lennox Kelly | ... | Pvt. Willie McNess | |
| Torben Liebrecht | ... | Friedrich | |
| Kris Marshall | ... | Pvt. Barry Starinski | |
| Hans Matheson | ... | Pvt. Jack Hawkstone | |
| Hugh O'Conor | ... | Anthony Bradford | |
| Matthew Rhys | ... | Cpl. Doc Fairweather | |
| Andy Serkis | ... | Pvt. Thomas Quinn | |
| Hugo Speer | ... | Sgt. David Tate | |
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Pavel Tesar | ... | Mudman |
In 1917, in the Western front, a group of survivors of the British Company Y reach the most forward German trench in a foggy night. They capture a German soldier that advises that evil is in the trench, forcing the soldiers to kill each other, and asks them to leave the place. Only the private Charlie Shakespeare listens and helps the prisoner, while a supernatural force scares and makes the soldiers insane. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Set in the trenches of the First World War this is the first film I've seen set during that time that got the sense of place right. Its the got the entombed bodies in the ground, in the walls, and everywhere you look right. It is a bleak existence that the soldiers take almost matter of factly.
The plot has a group of British soldiers getting lost during an attack and finding a German trench. The Germans are more concerned with something in the trench to pay the Brits any mind and try to send them away. All but one of the Germans are shot, but because of a language problem he can't tell them whats is lurking close by.
Beautifully shot, excellently acted this is a very good little horror film. No, its not the be all and end all of horror films but its a damn good little thriller that rises about the typical thanks to its setting and the cast.
This is a film worth putting a bit of effort into finding. I doubt that you'll hate it if you find it, at the very least you'll come away liking it.
8 out of 10.