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[[File:deathwatch_3358.jpg|frame|''[[Tagline|Deliver them from evil]]''.]]
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British [[Genre Busting|war horror movie]] made in 2002.
British [[Genre Busting|war horror movie]] made in 2002.
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Set during [[World War One]], a group of British soldiers "go over the top" in an assault against German lines. However, in the middle of the battle, a mysterious fog descends upon the battlefield and the night suddenly turns into day. Hours later, they finally stumble upon the German trenches only to find a mere 3 German soldiers, petrified and pointing their guns down their own trenches. The British soldiers call for them to surrender, but the Germans are more scared of something in the trench than them. After murdering two of them and torturing the third, the British troops begin exploring the trench, only to find the bodies of more Germans, seemingly killed by friendly fire. Even stranger, the trenches seem to lead nowhere, simply doubling back on themselves. With a prisoner babbling about demons, impenetrable fog, and a broken radio, they quickly form a defensive position and wait for reinforcements that never come.
Set during [[World War One]], a group of British soldiers "go over the top" in an assault against German lines. However, in the middle of the battle, a mysterious fog descends upon the battlefield and the night suddenly turns into day. Hours later, they finally stumble upon the German trenches only to find a mere 3 German soldiers, petrified and pointing their guns down their own trenches. The British soldiers call for them to surrender, but the Germans are more scared of something in the trench than them. After murdering two of them and torturing the third, the British troops begin exploring the trench, only to find the bodies of more Germans, seemingly killed by friendly fire. Even stranger, the trenches seem to lead nowhere, simply doubling back on themselves. With a prisoner babbling about demons, impenetrable fog, and a broken radio, they quickly form a defensive position and wait for reinforcements that never come.


Though their radio can't send messages, it can still RECIEVE them. High command seems rather sure that the attack failed and there were no survivors....
Though their radio can't send messages, it can still ''receive'' them. High command seems rather sure that the attack failed and there were no survivors....


Needless to say, it [[It Got Worse|starts getting worse]] from there.
Needless to say, it [[It Got Worse|starts getting worse]] from there.
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* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: All Starinski wanted, [[Sarcasm Mode|poor dear]].
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: All Starinski wanted, [[Sarcasm Mode|poor dear]].
* [[Anachronism Stew]] : Not very overt, but there are some inconsistencies. In one scene, Charlie picks up and wields a [[wikipedia:MP 18|Bergmann MP 18]] SMG - unless the film is set in 1918, this early example of a machine pistol can't possibly be found on the front, since the Germans started using it in the last year of the war. The Lee-Enfield rifles wielded by the soldiers are also a later, WWII-era version of the model (the WWI version being harder to come by). But the most obvious example by far is the surprisingly small radio receiver they find and repair. No country had military or civilian radios that small and advanced during WWI. It would fit better in the 1920s.
* [[Anachronism Stew]] : Not very overt, but there are some inconsistencies. In one scene, Charlie picks up and wields a [[wikipedia:MP 18|Bergmann MP 18]] SMG - unless the film is set in 1918, this early example of a machine pistol can't possibly be found on the front, since the Germans only started using it in the last year of the war. The Lee-Enfield rifles wielded by the soldiers are also a later, WWII-era version of the model (the WWI version being harder to come by). But the most obvious example by far is the surprisingly small radio receiver they find and repair. No country had military or civilian radios that small and advanced during WWI. It would fit better in the 1920s.
** Regards the SMLE, the [[WW 1]] version (the No.1 [[Mk III]] or [[Mk III]]*) is not difficult to come by at all: the Australians went on making them until after World War 2.
** Regards the SMLE, the [[WW 1]] version (the No.1 MkIII or MkIII*) is not difficult to come by at all: the Australians went on making them until after World War 2.
** Actually, the Bergman was first fielded by 1916 in small numbers
** Actually, the Bergman was first fielded by 1916 in small numbers.
* [[Ax Crazy]] / [[Blood Knight]] : Quinn (Andy Serkis) is about as Axe Crazy as a character can get.
* [[Ax Crazy]]/[[Blood Knight]]: Quinn (Andy Serkis) is about as Axe Crazy as a character can get.
* [[Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough]] : Jennings and Tate fit this, but it's subverted by Tate being somewhat more sympathetic and [[A Father to His Men]] than Jennings.
* [[Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough]]: Jennings and Tate fit this, but it's subverted by Tate being somewhat more sympathetic and [[A Father to His Men]] than Jennings.
* [[Clueless Aesop]]
* [[Clueless Aesop]]
* [[Daylight Horror]] : Most of the movie, but the night scenes are almost equally long as the day ones and the daylight itself is consistently gloomy.
* [[Daylight Horror]]: Most of the movie, but the night scenes are almost equally long as the day ones and the daylight itself is consistently gloomy.
* [[Death by Sex]]: {{spoiler|Starinski, almost. But only with himself.}}
* [[Death by Sex]]: {{spoiler|Starinski, almost. But only with himself.}}
* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: Averted, even though it's not a war movie in the traditional sense.
* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: Averted, even though it's not a war movie in the traditional sense.
* [[Fog of Doom]]: Hey, it's [[World War One]]. Fog of Doom is already all over the damn place.
* [[Fog of Doom]]: Hey, it's [[World War One]]. Fog of Doom is already all over the damn place.

Revision as of 17:02, 27 March 2016

Deliver them from evil.

British war horror movie made in 2002.

Set during World War One, a group of British soldiers "go over the top" in an assault against German lines. However, in the middle of the battle, a mysterious fog descends upon the battlefield and the night suddenly turns into day. Hours later, they finally stumble upon the German trenches only to find a mere 3 German soldiers, petrified and pointing their guns down their own trenches. The British soldiers call for them to surrender, but the Germans are more scared of something in the trench than them. After murdering two of them and torturing the third, the British troops begin exploring the trench, only to find the bodies of more Germans, seemingly killed by friendly fire. Even stranger, the trenches seem to lead nowhere, simply doubling back on themselves. With a prisoner babbling about demons, impenetrable fog, and a broken radio, they quickly form a defensive position and wait for reinforcements that never come.

Though their radio can't send messages, it can still receive them. High command seems rather sure that the attack failed and there were no survivors....

Needless to say, it starts getting worse from there.

Tropes used in Deathwatch (2002 film) include:

"Thank god he's on our side, eh?"

    • How about this exchange ?

Quinn: "I went to Blackpool once..."
Starinski: "Oh, was it nice ?"
Quinn: "I killed a man there... Yeah, it was nice."

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