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Night Watch on DVD (2004)

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Average rating: 63%
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Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valeri Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshina, Galina Tyunina
Director: Timour Bekmambetov, Timur Bekmambetov
Studio: 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 114 mins
Certificate: 15
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Genres: Horror
Languages: Russian
Dubbed: English
Subtitles: English
Released: 24/04/2006

Brief synopsis of 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...

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

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.

Time Out

Part Matrix, part Underworld, part Harry Potter, this sci-fi-horror-conspiracy-thriller action flick... Read more on www.timeout.com

The People

Mind-blowing...spectacular, imaginative and memorable... set to become a massive cult hit

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Rated - 4 starsRecommended

Kenshiro from Herts , 29/01/2006

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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Rated - 4 starsPromising start to a trilogy

Death Fish II from between the land and the sky , 27/10/2005

Modern-day sfx-enhanced demon hunting. There seems to be too much going on for its own good at times, but it is the first of a trilogy so will hopefully make more sense when the others are released. It has several exciting sequences and looks good - you just can't have enough rocket-powered somersaulting trucks if you ask me - and probably is not what you expect from the land best known for grey films about bread queues. Expect the announcement of the hollywood remake; it's bound to happen. (Note - this review was based on the original Russian disc and I don't know if the rental DVD will be subbed, dubbed or both.)

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Rated - 1 starsDeeply Disappointed

A customer from Bristol , 30/05/2006

The opening 30 minutes made me believe all the hype about this movie, laying the seed of what could have been a fantastic story. Unfortunately as the movie goes on the plot begins to thin, becoming less and less interesting. By the end, the special effects become tiresome and you couldn’t care less about the characters. Shame, could have been a really good movie.

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Rated - 1 starsOh honestly

Jamie from Sheffield, England [Highly rated reviewer] , 27/06/2006

I have been looking forward to this for weeks. Start was intriguing if a bit chaotic. I waited for it to start to fall into place, but it just de-generated into a sub-standard pastiche which I might have enjoyed when I was 12.

Do not bother wasting your energy over.

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Rated - 1 starsOh honestly

Jamie from Sheffield, England [Highly rated reviewer] , 27/06/2006

I have been looking forward to this for weeks. Start was intriguing if a bit chaotic. I waited for it to start to fall into place, but it just de-generated into a sub-standard pastiche which I might have enjoyed when I was 12.

Do not bother wasting your energy over.

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Rated - 2 starsnothing new

A customer from Brighton , 01/09/2008

quite a good idea but nothing new really

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