Rent Night Watch (2004)
3.3 of 5 from 189 ratings
1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
- For centuries, the battling forces of light and darkness have kept an uneasy truce. The undercover members of the Night Watch have formed a supernatural police force, protecting the world against the Dark Ones - the vampires, witches, shape-shifters and sorcerers that wage war in the night. At the same time, 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 now in jeopardy. Ancient prophecy foretells that one day a Great One will arrive who can end the battle between light and dark forever. That time has arrived in Moscow - but which side will the great one choose?
- Actors:
- Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Galina Tyunina, Yuriy Kutsenko, Aleksey Chadov, Zhanna Friske, Ilya Lagutenko, Viktor Verzhbitskiy, Rimma Markova, Mariya Mironova, Aleksey Maklakov, Aleksandr Samoylenko, Dmitriy Martynov, Anna Slyu, Anna Dubrovskaya, Sergey Prikhodko, Igor Savochkin, Georgiy Dronov
- Directors:
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Voiced By:
- Yuri Lowenthal, Darian Weiss, Aleksey Neklyudov, Stepan Starchikov
- Writers:
- Timur Bekmambetov, Laeta Kalogridis
- Aka:
- Nochnoi Dozor
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
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- Countries:
- Russia
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/07/2008
- Run Time:
- 109 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Russian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Deleted Scenes
- Making of Night Watch
- Comic Book Still Gallery
- Poster Gallery
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Reviews (3) of Night Watch
Very original Fantasy/Horror - Night Watch review by GI
Originally intended as a TV mini series this is a fantastically original horror film, stylish and exciting, and one of Russia's most popular films. It begins with a great battle, centuries ago, between the forces of Light and Dark (a battle scene very Tolkienesque in style). This sets the scene for a world where living among normal people are 'Others' who have supernatural powers, some are witches, wizards or shape shifters or even vampires for example. As the forces are equally matched an ancient truce is in place and to prevent breaches of the truce each side has a sort of police force that investigates violations, the Light's force is called the Night Watch. Every 'Other' can freely choose which side they want to join but an ancient prophecy says that one day an 'Other' will emerge and whichever side he joins will then dominate the world. Anton (Konstantin Khabenskiy) is a Night Watch 'Other' who is trying to prevent a young boy from being killed by a Dark 'Other' but he soon finds that the Lord of Dark has designs on the boy. The special effects are amazing and the plot is unusual, original and really clever and the setting of the action in Moscow lends the film a gritty realism that would have been lost if this was a Hollywood movie. Thematically the film delves into the grey area between good and bad and like all really good horror films it makes for a variety of interesting readings. I cannot recommend this enough, it's really very, very good.
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Clock watching - Night Watch review by CP Customer
Night Watch is the first part of a trilogy and certainly feels like it. The history is adequately dealt with in the opening monologue, showing the roots of the struggle between dark and light. This fantasy come science fiction film has high pretensions and fails to build a convincing environment or struggle beyond those opening minutes. This film serves as an overly long introduction, revealing the main players without too much detail and their daily lives under the truce. Night Watch is what I would expect from modern day Russian cinema i.e. bold, brash, violent and one-dimensional. Made under the restraint of a limited budget, the team have done wonders here and obtained value for money. Night Watch is an average opening piece, with much to prove.
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not the book but fun - Night Watch review by CP Customer
1st movie broadly follows the book's plot. This one massively diverges with only a couple of plot threads (chalk, relationships) that are in common. Having loved the book, that is frustrating, but my wife who hasn't read it really enjoyed it. To be fair the book meanders around life philosophy, communism vs. capitalism, and would be expensive to film properly, although with a heavy slice of vampires, witches and magic layered on top of the cake. I thought the 1st movie was more inventive, but given budget limitations they've made a fun, exciting and unpredictable slice of russian Hollywood. And just seeing the shabby side of Moscow, and Russian skewed view of Hollywood style entertainment, is fun.
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