ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

KGB-Greece-Patras Typical! (Most) US reviewers find this mediocre or 'not interesting' and suggest we should see the American remake. European reviewers all like it! I like it too! Hopefully I saw the original, and as I like it as is, I don't intend to watch the remake which was directed by the same danish director, but for another (dumber?) type of audience. It's the fact that it's NO US film makes this original and interesting! The characters are no one-dimensional, that is they're not simply good or bad, hero's or villains, There IS NO sex scene as noted by a fellow US-reviewer. The colours are not your usual bright red, green and so on. These and so much more are the small (or big?) elements that make films interesting. Kim Bodnia IS great ( I know him from BLEEDER) and the characters are in general likable & realistic.If you like to be spoon-fed with the details, if you're used to see a thriller in the typical American way, if you're American and seldom do you enjoy a European film, then spare your $ and time. Don't watch it, because there's a 'special' American remake JUST FOR YOU.

dbdumonteil I guess I will be the only one to put disparagement on this beloved work which anybody on the site praises to the skies.Frankly I do not like it ,not at all.POSSIBLE SPOILERS:the screenplay is not that much strong,and the suspense is not really here.The first hour is boring and what remains is a spate of clichés:best/worst example:the killer,leaving "clues" on the dead body ,I've seen it (and read it) so many times that it leaves me amazed :how can a writer ,fifty years or so after Agatha Christie and co,still think of a such hackneyed idea?Giving the killer's identity or the key to the mystery half an hour or more before the ending can be rewarding (such was the case in "vertigo" (1958)),but here ,it destroys any fear:who could reasonably think that the hero -and his girl-could be really in jeopardy after that?Only a whodunit could sustain the interest till the very end.But there's something more annoying:one of the characters is unbearable,the notorious Jens:the scene in the restaurant with the prostitute makes me sick:this bourgeois student really demeans this girl thanks to the power of his dough.Seeing him humiliate this human being while taking out his banknotes is one of the most despicable scenes I've seen in years ;and that does not make the "hero"-who's watching- nicer either.Besides guess who will be sacrificed when the others survive?Another gratuitous scene which comes at the most awkward moment involves Jens and his priest girlfriend in the church .It's really nauseating.That makes the very last scene even more disgusting.And you know ,I 'm far from being holier-than-thou.I know a lot of people will disagree... but once more,there's no accounting for taste.

qtaran111 This is a great little film, with some genuinely creepy moments. Yes it is fairly predictable and not exactly original. However it makes up for its unoriginality with good acting and competant directing. The close-up of Ulf Pilgaard's (Inspector Wörmer) face when he realises that Sofie Gråbøl (Kalinka) was at the murder scene is both funny and terrifying as he weighs up his options. Anyway it is far superior to the US remake (it seems as though people are split on this: generally Americans like the remake, Europeans like the original). Stick with the original, 7/10.

Matija Trost I first saw Nattevagten in 1994 when it came in theaters. After i saw it, I was very pleased to choose this one, instead one of the Hollywood movies, since it was so enjoyable to watch. What can i say....A great script with some minor flaws, very good acting from all of the cast, superb camera movement making this movie sometimes shocking. And an intelligent story, but that's reasonable, since it came from Europe. In 2003 I watched it again for the all times sake. It was still good, but sadly, this is one of the movies made for one-time watching... especially in a dark room.7 out of 10