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Deathwatch

"Deliver them from evil."

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.

Top Cast

  • Jamie Bell

    Jamie Bell

    Pfc. Charlie Shakespeare

  • Rúaidhrí Conroy

    Rúaidhrí Conroy

    Pvt. Colin Chevasse

  • Mike Downey

    Mike Downey

    Martin Plummer

  • Laurence Fox

    Laurence Fox

    Capt. Bramwell Jennings

  • Roman Horák

    Roman Horák

    German soldier

  • Dean Lennox Kelly

    Dean Lennox Kelly

    Pvt. Willie McNess

  • Torben Liebrecht

    Torben Liebrecht

    Friedrich

  • Kris Marshall

    Kris Marshall

    Pvt. Barry Starinski

  • Hans Matheson

    Hans Matheson

    Pvt. Jack Hawkstone

Overview

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.

Rating

5.7 / 10
226 Reviews
1 Popular

2 Reviews

  • Gimly
    Gimly
    5 Jan 20, 2019

    Techically unimpressive, but an interesting story well-acted. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

  • HaremCinema
    HaremCinema
    6 Apr 25, 2026

    The world is believable, shot very well. The actors are also believable, even if they spend too much time shouting angrily for a horror movie. The overall experience that this movie left me with was a feeling of frustration. The emotional ‘ride’ seemed slow and awkward without any satisfying pay-off at the end. Not to be coarse, for me, investing ninety minutes in this story was all awkward foreplay without any satisfying release of tension. I’m happy that I watched it but would not watch it again nor would I recommend it to others.

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