Night Watch (1995) (TV)

Director:

David Jackson

Writers (WGA):

Alistair MacLean (story)
Alistair MacNeill (novel)

Release Date:

4 October 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Action and espionage share a common bond.

Plot:

UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting...

Plot Keywords:

Art | Forgery | Art Theft | Painting | Hong Kong

Cast

Pierce Brosnan	...	Michael 'Mike' Graham
Alexandra Paul	...	Sabrina Carver
William Devane	...	Nick Caldwell
Michael Shannon	...	Martin Schraeder (as Michael J. Shannon)
Kay Siu Lim	...	Mao Yixin (as Lim Kay Siu)
Irene Ng	...	Myra Tang
Hidde Maas	...	Miles Van Dehn
Tom Jansen	...	Insp. De Jongh
Tomaslav Ralis	...	Louis Armand
Harold Bone	...	Lemmer
Rolf Saxon	...	Ted Fisk
Natalie Roles	...	Jennifer
Kate Harper	...	Psychologist
Mark King	...	Luke Sheehan
Terry Diab	...	U.N.A.C.O. Voice (voice)

Also Known As:

Alistair MacLean's Night Watch
Detonator 2: Night Watch
Detonator II: Night Watch (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

UK | USA | Hungary

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | Iceland:16 (re-rating) | Sweden:15 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

New Line Cinema

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Mr. and Mrs. Bond

"Night Watch" is the follow-up to "Death Train", made 2 years earlier, but while Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul play the same characters, they act more like spies and less like commandos this time around. It's fun noting all the parallels this movie, and Brosnan's character in particular, has to the James Bond series: he is an experienced secret agent; he regularly travels worldwide; he assumes a fake identity as a cover; he is given a watch equipped with all sorts of gadgets ("it does more than tell the time, eh?"); he visits the casino and cleans up the joint; he even orders a vodka martini; and of course he gets involved in fights and chases. The main difference is that Brosnan doesn't have the perfectly polished appearance of Bond here; he has unkempt hair and a long mustache. Alexandra Paul is (of course) gorgeous and tough and knows how to defend herself in moments of danger. The two stars get an enjoyable chemistry going and if Brosnan hadn't been cast as Bond the very same year, I could see them doing more films together. Like its predecessor, "Night Watch" is a medium-scale action film that knows its limitations, has some exciting action sequences, and provides more than passable entertainment to fans of the genre. (***)