The Nightwatch Collection Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		4.0
Overall		3.5

The Nightwatch Collection Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman July 19, 2025

Ole Bornedal may have been surprisingly honest about whether or not Nightwatch could be considered "Art" (Bornedal seems to think not), but one way or the other the release of the film in its native Denmark was so successful that it led to Bornedal being whisked away to the "magic land" of Hollywood to craft an American remake, one which had tons of money thrown at it, a rejiggered script by Steven Soderbergh, and which offered the American film debut of one Ewan McGregor, but which still flopped pretty spectacularly. That probably put any kibosh on major dreams of success on this side of the pond for Bornedal, and in fact as of the writing of this review he only really has pretty minimal stateside credits, including a producing role on Mimic and a directing credit for The Possession. If things didn't go particularly well for Bornedal in America after Nightwatch, the first film and its rather long delayed "sequel" still provide some spooky chills and both may be of additional interest to fans courtesy of the participation of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who in fact had his feature film debut in the first film and who returned to the sequel after his iconic turn in Game of Thrones. Arrow has aggregated both films together in a set that also has Arrow's typically well considered array of supplements.

For reviews of the films in this set, please click on the following links:

Nightwatch Blu-ray review

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever Blu-ray review

The Nightwatch Collection Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

The Nightwatch Collection Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

The Nightwatch Collection Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements on each disc are detailed in the above linked reviews. This two disc set comes with another nicely appointed insert booklet, a reversible sleeve, a foldout poster and a slipcover.

The Nightwatch Collection Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

The first film may frankly not be the unheralded masterpiece some seem to think it is, but it's still quite spooky, at least in the early going. The sequel just can't quite reach the same level of impact, but it offers some rather interesting opportunities for several actors revisiting roles they played decades previously. Technical merits are generally solid, and as usual Arrow has aggregated really appealing supplements. Taken as a whole, Recommended.