Night Watch
2004
Set in contemporary Moscow, Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) uncovers the other-world battle that upholds a 1000-year-old truce between the forces of Light and the forces of Darkness. For centuries, the undercover members of the Night Watch have policed the world's Dark Ones - the vampires, witches, shape-shifters and sorcerers that .. Read more
| Starring | Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valeri Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshina |
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| Director | Timour Bekmambetov, Timur Bekmambetov |
| Genres | Horror, World Cinema |
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Night Watch
Set in contemporary Moscow, Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) uncovers the other-world battle that upholds a 1000-year-old truce between the forces of Light and the forces of Darkness. For centuries, the undercover members of the Night Watch have policed the world's Dark Ones - the vampires, witches, shape-shifters and sorcerers that wage treachery in the night, while the Dark Ones have a Day Watch that in turn polices the forces of Light. The fate of humanity rests in this delicate balance between good and evil but that fate is in jeopardy...
| Starring | Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valeri Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshina, Galina Tyunina |
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| Director | Timour Bekmambetov, Timur Bekmambetov |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror, World Cinema |
| Language | Russian |
| Dubbed | English |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 24 Apr 2006 Blu-ray: 06 Oct 2008 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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Reminiscent of Gaslight, this thriller stars Elizabeth Taylor as a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown who thinks she sees a corpse outside her window. Could it be the work of her husband (Laurence Harvey in his final film), who may or may not be having an affair with her best friend (Billie Whitelaw)? The actors give the tired plot all they've got, but director Brian G Hutton (Where Eagles Dare, Kelly's Heroes) is more concerned with action than atmosphere, abbreviating tension where it should be given time to accumulate.
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Part Matrix, part Underworld, part Harry Potter, this sci-fi-horror-conspiracy-thriller action flick... read more on Time Out
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47 out of 53 people found this review helpful
Recommended
A fun and imaginative movie along the lines of Constantine and Blade (but not as reliant on special effects), telling the story of a truce between the forces of light and dark policed on either side by the Night and Day Watches. Part of the appeal comes from the mundane and workmanlike way that both sides go about their jobs, frustating each other in petty bureaucratic ways. A good start to the trilogy.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
No wonder the Soviet Union collapsed
Firstly, Buffy parodies a plenty, and in one case explicit stealing from the classic Buffy vs Dracula episode. This reflects a serious dearth of original ideas and suggests a principle fact of modern Russian cinema. That its post communist status has resulted in a somewhat stunted attempt at tackling the horror genre. A terrible shame as, the title and trailer showed much promise. The dark ending does reflect the fact that very much in todays world evil does prevail. This is especially in countries such as Russia where it is easier to accept evil rather than stand against it. Therefore on the merit of a good moral message I bestow the two stars. However if it is a cinematic experience you want I have to recommend Francis Ford Coppola's version of Dracula, if you want a good vampire story. On the score of epic good vs evil, I'm afraid I'd suggest sticking to Lord of the Rings, as at least it i an original story, and the general acting quality is far superior and believable (essential when dealing with such fantastic plot devices). Furthermore it is obvious from all the implicit and explicit parodies that make up this film it is obvious what is being attempted here is a Russian wannabe attempt to copy the international renown of hollywood.
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Mongol
- 17 Jun 2008
They say that Russia is in the ascendant again, flush with oil money and billion pound football teams. Next week sees the release of Timur Bekmambetov's first Hollywood film, Wanted, with Angelina Jolie. Bekmambetov is a Kazak, but his international hits Night Watch and Day Watch are as Russian as Vladimir Putin. Mongol, directed by Sergei Bodrov, is a German-Russian-Kazak coproduction, and as the title suggests, it's a Mongolian story. But the confidence and epic scale of the filmmaking make... Read more
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Night Watch
Set in contemporary Moscow, Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) uncovers the other-world battle that upholds a 1000-year-old truce between the forces of Light and the forces of Darkness. For centuries, the undercover members of the Night Watch have policed the world's Dark Ones - the vampires, witches, ...
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