Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
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- Synopsis
- Two bands of warriors, one good and one evil, battle to keep the peace in Moscow in this cat's cradle thriller from Russia. In 1342, the Warriors of Light (led by Gesser, Lord of Light) and the Warriors of Darkness (led by Zavulon, General of ......
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- Director(s)
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Distributor(s)
- Fox Searchlight
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 114 min.
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A wildly entertaining fantasy thriller that propels Russian cinema into the 21st century.Read the full review
It's also the first apocalypse-minded franchise that's earned its downbeat mood. The action, for starters, is post-Cold War, post-Chernobyl, post-perestroika. Darkness is so much a part of the Russian psyche it must be nice to see a local movie try to put its hand toward the Light.Read the full review
Bekmambetov handles these narrative bumps with ease, infusing even the hoariest -- and goriest -- of horror movie cliches with equal parts macabre fascination and jaunty humor. The film lives up to its hype with a style, swagger and substance that will appeal not just to the fanboys (and girls) but to their uninitiated friends as well.Read the full review
