guyguy1234 Review of Deathwatch

Deathwatch (2002)

a disappointing copy of The Bunker-see the later - Contains Spoiler

[1/10 · 7 December 2002]

It was a real case of deja vu for me watching this war horror.Not least because i'd already seen this story though told with greater power by the far superior The Bunker.The ending too was less than original,the soldiers being dead already,perhaps the writer/plagarist having forgotten the same twist years before in Jacob's Ladder.What I can't understand is why this got such a wide release in england when The Bunker(Rob Green)which was universally praised by the film mags(the opposite being true of Death Watch)had only a very limited release.Is there something wrong with British distribution?I'd be interested to hear.In short,a disappointing waste of a big(in british terms)budget.Small really is beautiful,it seems,watch the original,is my advice,that really will scare the apnts off you.