Not just another slick vampire flick, NIGHT WATCH bleeds with viscerally engorging action and hemorrhages human pathos. The basic story concerns the battle between light and dark; equally matched, this war shall lead to the destruction of both. A truce is formed and each forms a Police Force until the coming of the Chosen One…who will ultimately decide the war. Enough exposition. NIGHT WATCH is confusing and puzzling, a visual conundrum but an outright enjoyable genre blend of science fiction, mythology, and horror. The story evolves around Anton and the fateful decision he made twelve years earlier out of anger, frustration, jealousy, and revenge…without knowing his true power. The film’s structure is fairly straightforward (thought it utilizes a few flashbacks/forwards) and doesn’t waste time with “talky” explanations; information must be gleaned from quick dialogue and visual queues…or not at all. Just go along for the ride. The...
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Directors: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Timur Bekmambetov (screenplay) and Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay)
Release: 8 July 2004 (Belarus)
Tagline: All That Stands Between Light And Darkness Is The Night Watch.
Plot: A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.
Cast: Konstantin Khabenskiy - Anton Gorodetsky, Vladimir Menshov - Geser, Valeriy Zolotukhin - Kostya's Father, Mariya Poroshina - Svetlana, Galina Tyunina - Olga, the sorceress, Yuriy Kutsenko - Ignat (as Gosha Kutsenko), Aleksey Chadov - Kostya (Anton's young vampire neighbor), Zhanna Friske - Alice Donnikova, Ilya Lagutenko - Andrei, Viktor Verzhbitskiy - Zavulon, Rimma Markova - Darya Schultz, the witch, Mariya Mironova - Irina, Yegor's mother, Aleksey Maklakov - Simeon, Aleksandr Samoylenko - Ilya (Bear), mage-transformer, Dmitriy Martynov - Yegor (as Dmitri Martynov)
Runtime: 114 min
Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Company: Bazelevs Production
Links: IMDb Profile
Categories: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Writers: Timur Bekmambetov (screenplay) and Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay)
Release: 8 July 2004 (Belarus)
Tagline: All That Stands Between Light And Darkness Is The Night Watch.
Plot: A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.
Cast: Konstantin Khabenskiy - Anton Gorodetsky, Vladimir Menshov - Geser, Valeriy Zolotukhin - Kostya's Father, Mariya Poroshina - Svetlana, Galina Tyunina - Olga, the sorceress, Yuriy Kutsenko - Ignat (as Gosha Kutsenko), Aleksey Chadov - Kostya (Anton's young vampire neighbor), Zhanna Friske - Alice Donnikova, Ilya Lagutenko - Andrei, Viktor Verzhbitskiy - Zavulon, Rimma Markova - Darya Schultz, the witch, Mariya Mironova - Irina, Yegor's mother, Aleksey Maklakov - Simeon, Aleksandr Samoylenko - Ilya (Bear), mage-transformer, Dmitriy Martynov - Yegor (as Dmitri Martynov)
Runtime: 114 min
Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Company: Bazelevs Production
Links: IMDb Profile
Categories: Action, Fantasy, Horror
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Night Watch: Those Who Walk in Daylight
Night Watch
I refuse to separate these films. They stand together (and the third and fourth muthafucking chapters whenever they get around to make them). Showing Hollywood that you can make a FX ladden film without a super budget and still wow the audience, NIGHT WATCH/DAY WATCH takes a few seconds to follow the story line on the first film, but once you get a grasp of it? It is the wildest ride this side of russian vampires and vodka shots.
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