Nightwatch (1997, United States)

mysterious eventsmystery moviespolice investigationserial killer

Running time: 100 minutes

Language: English

A law student, Martin Bells, takes a job as a night watchman in the morgue. The old guard shows him the ropes of this unusual occupation. The job itself is simple - mostly he is there in case something happens, but nothing happens. All he has to do is walk between the points around the building and clock in that he has done that. The veteran tells him about all the strange things that are in the building, including the laboratory that contains parts of the human bodies and a room at the end of the corridor where the corpses are left waiting for autopsy. In that room over every body, there is a cord turning on the alarm that will notice the guard that there was a mistake and the person is actually alive. But while the job itself is easy, Martin, as the new guard, will have to visit all of those places, while doing his rounds, in the middle of the night. Martin quickly gets used to the new job, but the gloomy atmosphere of the place is slowly getting to him, especially when the police brings another prostitute murdered by a serial killer. One night, the alarm in the room at the end of the corridor goes off...

Remake of a Danish thriller about a young student trying to adapt to the job of a night watchman in a creepy morgue. The extraordinary atmosphere of the place and the ongoing police investigation create a very tense atmosphere. A great performance from Nick Nolte as a washed-out police detective is the cherry on top of a decent mystery movie. Well, at least they did not make it worse, as the American adaptations usually tend to.

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Creators of Nightwatch

	Ole Bornedal	director
	Ole Bornedal	screenplay
	Steven Soderbergh	screenplay

Cast of Nightwatch

	Ewan McGregor	as Martin Bells
	Nick Nolte	as Inspector Thomas Cray
	Josh Brolin	as James Gallman
	Patricia Arquette	as Katherine
	Lauren Graham	as Marie
	Brad Dourif	as Duty Doctor
	Lonny Chapman	as Johnson, Old Watchman