A highly promising curtain-raiser to an ambitious trilogy.
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04/04/06
Night Watch (2005)
58 %
Reviews Counted: 116 Fresh: 67 Rotten:49 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus:
A huge hit in its native country, this Russian horror/fantasy film pits darkness and light against each other using snazzy CGI visuals to create an extraordinary atmosphere of a dank, gloomy city wrestling with dread.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Theatrical Release: 07-10-2005
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Vladimir Menshov, Konstantin Khabensky, Valery Zolotukhin, Maria Poroshina, Galina Tunina
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Screenwriter: Sergei Lukyanenko, Timur Bekmambetov, Laeta Kalogridis
Producer: Konstantin Ernst, Anatoly Maximov
Composer: Yuri Poteyenko
Screenwriter: Sergei Lukyanenko, Timur Bekmambetov, Laeta Kalogridis
Producer: Konstantin Ernst, Anatoly Maximov
Composer: Yuri Poteyenko
Reviews
Top Critic
Twisted, mysterious, bold and compelling, this is a raging cyclone of a movie, sucking up elements from the likes of Blade and The Matrix and whirling them into something new.
04/01/06
Top Critic
An ambitious, flawed and ultimately frustrating fantasy/horror movie from Russia.
02/09/06
Top Critic
Incredibly, the movie was made for just £2m but, thanks to the brilliant special effects, manages to be visually dazzling and totally gripping.
10/20/05
Ambitious Russian epic, with terrific special effects and cool characters, even if the plot gets a little confusing at times.
10/08/05
A bracingly vivid sense of style and character ... bewildering, abrasive, jarring and surprisingly emotional.
08/26/05
... director Timur Bekmambetov makes excellent use of CGI to portray the paranormal events but avoids the silly martial arts extravagance of the UNDERWORLD movies.
07/04/08
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01/08/08
uses fantasy, horror and gobsmacking special effects to explore the greyer areas of contemporary life.
08/02/07
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07/07/07
I liked it, and if your tastes run as occasionally goofy as my own, you probably will too.
06/07/07
The entire production seems intent on creating a mood and trapping the audience in it until the very last frame is shown, and for a fantasy film, that's how it should be done.
12/30/06
The film is fascinating - albeit sluggish - until the final reel. At that point, the vampire-hunter hero makes a crucial decision at odds with everything we know about his character.
10/09/06
Intriguing enough to build hope that the trilogy's next two parts can make this a reverse Matrix saga: A series that becomes more clear and compelling as it goes forward.
09/27/06
The resulting concoction will likely baffle anyone who isn't already a fantasy/horror aficionado, but those viewers who enjoy one of these genres will get a kick out of the universe Bekmambetov has created here.
07/13/06
...doesn't translate as much more than a formulaic, if promising, genre tale that's often difficult to follow yet equally hard to dismiss.
06/12/06
A huge hit in Russia, this horror movie is a testament to how desperate for entertainment they must be over there.
06/03/06
Pops with visual momentum -- so much that by the end it's chaotic, and finally just insane.
04/07/06
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