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Release Date:
8 July 2004 (Belarus) moreTagline:
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. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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The Holy Grail, Knights and Mother Effin Vampires! (From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 5 May 2008, 9:31 PM, PDT)
Russian Film Industry Revives
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 June 2006)
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Disarming and Marginally Effective Russian Vampire Romp more (296 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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) |
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Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor (International: English title) (UK)Ночной дозор (Russia)
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Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
114 minCountry:
RussiaColour:
ColourAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Malaysia:U (cut) | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:18 | Peru:14 | Japan:PG-12 | Canada:14A | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Czech Republic:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15Fun Stuff
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The film was a huge box-office hit in Russia, which made it widely despised by an underground nonconformist intellectual movement "Padonki", who criticized it for wide use of Hollywood-style filming and lack of ideas behind the FX. They labeled the movie "Nochnoy Pozor" (Night Shame). moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Anton passes a grumpy old woman in the subway she first stands with her back to him, then in a blink she is facing him, then she is facing the opposite direction again. moreQuotes:
[Two agents of the Day Watch, in a shiny, black sports car, have found Vampiress Larisa wandering in the middle of traffic in a busy tunnel. Slowing the car to a walk, agent Alisa Donnikova pulls up alongside, and holds a jar pig's blood just out of Larisa's hungry reach]Vampiress Larisa, initiate: [grasping for the jar of pig's blood] Give it to me!
Alisa Donnikova: What, you've sunk to pig's blood?
Vampiress Larisa, initiate: Give it to me!
Alisa Donnikova: Andrey taught you how to call.
Vampiress Larisa, initiate: He taught me, he taught me. Give it to me!
Alisa Donnikova: The boy succumbed to your call. Lure him out, and when he's in your hands, demand that they bring the one who killed your Andrey.
Vampiress Larisa, initiate: My Andrey... Give it to me, please. Well, give it here.
Alisa Donnikova: Do you want revenge?
Vampiress Larisa, initiate: Give it, give it here.
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"Night Watch" is far more entertaining than many of its American counterparts in the "secret underground world of vampires and good vs. evil" genre. Unlike "Underworld" and "Constantine" it kept my attention throughout, but still this Russian smash is severely flawed.
First, let's applaud the good parts. "Night Watch" is distinctly Russian. Moscow is presented as a vibrant mix of modern metropolis and Gothic-style throwback to the middle ages. The plot, heavily steeped in its own fabricated mythology from a series of popular books, also serves on some level as an allegory for the fall of Communism and the rise of Capitalism. In my mind, the forces of "dark" forced underground are the Communists, while the forces of "light" (whose HQ is fronted by the City Electric Company) are the Capitalists, who often get caught up in their own bureaucracy in their vain attempts to keep the peace and not violate the truce. Some of the special effects and modern riffs on vampirism are highly imaginative and disarming (I loved "The Gloom" aspect). The American distributors also deserve some credit for their creative use of subtitles which often become part of the scene without ever distracting from the visuals.
Unfortunately, the director is clearly a veteran of music videos, and he makes the action sequences hyper kinetic and often incoherent. When he does manage to create an alluring visual, he quick-cuts, and you wish he would've had the patience to hold some of the shots longer. This hectic visual style is evident in the plotting as well, which clearly is setting up for sequels with the introduction of many characters, though some of the subplots (especially involving the cursed virgin woman and her evil vortex) seemed unnecessary. Likewise, the rushed finale seemed oddly anti-climatic and didn't pack the wallop I feel the filmmakers intended.
Despite the flaws, I will eagerly await the American distribution of the sequels, and I suppose that is the greatest compliment a film like this can receive.