Rotten
The punchy, nonstop visual effects crowd out coherent storytelling.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Night Watch
All that stands between light and darkness is the night watch.
2004 · 1h 54m · R
Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Directed by
Timur Bekmambetov
Overview
Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage
Director and cast
- Timur Bekmambetov Director
- Konstantin Khabenskiy as Anton Gorodetsky
- Vladimir Menshov as Geser
- Galina Tyunina as Olga
- Mariya Poroshina as Svetlana
- Zhanna Friske as Alice Donnikova
- Viktor Verzhbitskiy as Zavulon
- Rimma Markova as Daria
- Mariya Mironova as Yegor's Mother
- Dmitriy Martynov as Yegor
- Valeriy Zolotukhin Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For a good hour and change, the film is a big toy box that teases you out of the Gloom.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
It has a refreshing Old World take on a never-ending fantasy war between vampires and the forces of 'light.'
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
What a rabid beast is Night Watch. What a pungent Russian fantasy-horror cheeseathon.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
This mostly incoherent, enormously eccentric helping of mayhem breaks into so many fragments that watching the movie can be a bit like trying to assemble the pieces from several jigsaw puzzles.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
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