Aksel Hennie wears an unidentified watch

The Doorman, a 2020 action film, runs on a simple idea borrowed from Die Hard. A near-empty New York apartment building, a crew of thieves inside, and the ex-Marine working the door who ruins their night. The Marine is Ruby Rose. The crew belongs to Victor Dubois, the art thief played by Jean Reno, here on the left in a gray jacket. The man on the right, bald and bearded and taking in the room with folded arms, is Borz. Aksel Hennie plays him as the building's superintendent and secret inside man, the quiet one you learn to worry about. His arms are crossed, and on the wrist tucked under his elbow is a watch.

It is not much to go on. The frame is wide and the light is low, and his arms are folded so the watch sits half-hidden against his ribs. What you can see is a round case with a pale, almost white dial, a glint of gold at the crown, on a dark leather strap. It reads as a small dress watch, a slightly vain choice for a man in a mustard t-shirt who is about to help rob the place. Beyond that there is nothing to grab onto, no brand to read and no record anywhere of what Borz wears.

That is oddly fitting for Borz. He spends the movie being underestimated, the help, the man with the keys, right up until he turns out to be the most dangerous person in the building after Ruby Rose herself. A watch you can see but cannot name suits a character built to be overlooked, the kind of small nice thing you register on a man and then forget the moment he moves.