"NATTEVAGTEN" finally gets a decent DVD-release with English subs!

How's this for coincidence. A few days after posting news about Danish director Ole Bornedal's new movie, UK distributor Metrodome announces a DVD release of the movie which made him famous: the serial killer thriller "Nattevagten".

The region 2 release will be in English shops on March the 17th, and will feature the original Danish soundtrack with English subs.
Ill-advisedly, it will be titled "Nightwatch".

Ouch. This is very unfortunate.

Not only is there already a well-known Russian fantasy-epic out with the same name, but two years after the original was released Bornedal remade his own movie for the English-speaking market. Guess what: that version is ALSO called "Nightwatch".
It starred Ewan McGregor and Brad Dourif and is easily available on DVD, but make no mistake: it's far inferior to the older Danish one which stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

But confusing title or not, the DVD which Metrodome releases in a few weeks (with the cover art shown here) is the brilliant original, not the lackluster remake.

Rejoice! I've been itching to own this ever since I saw it on television a few years back...