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Mood:
- AtmosphericStylizedSuspensefulExcitingScary
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- VampireGood Versus EvilUninhibited RivalryChild in DangerCurses Spells and RitualsDangerDeadlyImaginary more...
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Genres:
- ActionForeignFantasyThriller
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Russia
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Style:
- Twists and TurnsVoice OverGory
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- Based on Book
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- SeriousFantastic
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- Heavy MetalRock
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- Special Effects
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- Brief NudityProfanityStrong Violent Content
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Night Watch, 2004
Russian, English
Russia
Profile of Night Watch
The mood of Night Watch is stylized, atmospheric, and exciting. The plot centers around a child in danger, vampires, and an uninhibited rivalry. It is a foreign, action, and thriller movie. Stylistically, Night Watch involves twists and turns, includes a voice over, and is gory. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. The setting is Russia. Night Watch happens in contemporary times. Visually, it involves special effects. The musical score is heavy metal and rock. Night Watch is based on a book. The movie is known for being an award winner. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that Night Watch includes brief nudity, strong violent content, and profanity.
Summary of Night Watch
The first part of a trilogy, NIGHT WATCH is an old-fashioned good vs. evil parable that relies on some thoroughly modern special effects to ensnare its audience. Set in present-day Moscow, the movie begins with a quick skip back through the centuries to inform us how a delicate truce was struck between the forces of Light and Dark. These forces still exist in Moscow, with both sides keeping a close eye on each other as they attempt to disguise themselves from the earth's mere mortals. NIGHT WATCH's central character is Anton Gorodetsky (Konstantin Khabensky), who is defined as an "Other" by the legions of Light and Dark. Anton and his cohorts live as vampires, and await the arrival of a virgin who will announce the resumption of hostilities between the forces of Light and Dark; as the film progresses, it becomes apparent that an epic battle is just around the corner.
One of the biggest films of all time in its native Russia, director Timur Bekmambetov's NIGHT WATCH positions itself somewhere in between THE MATRIX and BLADE in the pantheon of CGI-fueled sci-fi flicks. Although the plot is mind-boggling and occasionally verges on the incomprehensible, Bekmambetov is presumably using this first part of the trilogy to lure viewers into his wild cinematic world. Impressively, Bekmambetov's film was shot on a tiny budget, but it belies its meager origins. Even the English subtitles are integrated into several scenes, with words zipping across the screen and melting into the action as a heavy-metal soundtrack thumps away. Knowing he is set to film two sequels, Bekmambetov leaves his audience hanging as NIGHT WATCH nears its climax, with his second installment (DAY WATCH) promising further FX-laden feuding, and, in an intriguing twist, an English-language climax to the trilogy with DUSK WATCH.
Details
| Language: | Russian, English |
| Country: | Russia |
| Release date: | 17 February 2006 |
| Runtime: | 114 min |
Cast and Crew
as Geser
as Anton Gorodetsky
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Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Ruthe Stein
The New Yorker
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- by: Anthony Lane
Users Reviews
- 10.October.2009
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- by: Sean Glass
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- 24.August.2009
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- by: aspeedomodel
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