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Night Watch (2005)
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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.
Theatrical Release: Feb 17, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $1,350,726
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... [More]
Starring: Vladimir Menshov, Konstantin Khabensky, Valery Zolotukhin, Maria Poroshina
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
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12/07/05
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The filmmaking is highly seductive, from the stylish visual flourishes right down to the creative graphic treatment of the subtitles.
10/06/05
Top Critic ... 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
For those of us who find Andrei Tarkovsky a little on the slow side, it's nice to see that there's life in Russian cinema after Eisenstein.
04/05/06
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
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