Last year I spent half a day on the set of Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever. I was playing an extra in the hospital scene during the children’s Halloween parade, but sadly the scene was trimmed down, and my very limited feature film debut was cut. Nevertheless, it was a fun experience seeing an experienced director like Ole Bornedal at work, figuring out the movements of the scene. And now that I’m over the initial hurt of being cut, I thought I’d finally give the film a chance.
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever isn’t exactly a great film, but it’s still more enjoyable than I’d expected from what I’d heard going into it. The film is for the most part an unnecessary legacy sequel that despite its efforts doesn’t really bring anything new or worthwhile to the table. It attempts an interesting angle of building upon the trauma formed by the aftermath of the original film, but the idea quickly grows stale as the film loops around this single concept for its entire runtime. The performances of the film felt at times stunted and by the final act of the film I had mostly lost interest in it as it had lost all its momentum, making the ending feel forced and rushed.
I’d hoped Kim Bodnia would’ve had a bigger role in the film as his scenes with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau were one of the film’s highlights. Ulf Pilgaard was perfectly creepy as well. I’m glad to have finally watched the film, but I’d hoped that the final product was more interesting.
Last year I spent half a day on the set of Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever. I was playing an extra in the hospital scene during the children’s Halloween parade, but sadly the scene was trimmed down, and my very limited feature film debut was cut. Nevertheless, it was a fun experience seeing an experienced director like Ole Bornedal at work, figuring out the movements of the scene. And now that I’m over the initial hurt of being cut, I thought I’d finally give the film a chance.
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever isn’t exactly a great film, but it’s still more enjoyable than I’d expected from what I’d heard going into it. The film is for the most part an unnecessary legacy sequel that despite its efforts doesn’t really bring anything new or worthwhile to the table. It attempts an interesting angle of building upon the trauma formed by the aftermath of the original film, but the idea quickly grows stale as the film loops around this single concept for its entire runtime. The performances of the film felt at times stunted and by the final act of the film I had mostly lost interest in it as it had lost all its momentum, making the ending feel forced and rushed.
I’d hoped Kim Bodnia would’ve had a bigger role in the film as his scenes with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau were one of the film’s highlights. Ulf Pilgaard was perfectly creepy as well. I’m glad to have finally watched the film, but I’d hoped that the final product was more interesting.
