Directed by Timur Bekmambetov Writing credits (WGA) Timur Bekmambetov (screenplay) and Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay) ... (more) Add this title to MyMovies Add to MyMovies IMDbPro Professional Details Showtimes & Tickets (Register to personalize) Genre: Action / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller (more) Tagline: All That Stands Between Light And Darkness Is The Night Watch. Plot Outline: A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle. (more) (view trailer) User Comments: A Great Russian Gothic Thriller (more) User Rating: *******___ 6.4/10 (6,279 votes) Vote Here Cast overview, first billed only: Konstantin Khabensky .... Anton Gorodetsky Vladimir Menshov .... Geser Valeri Zolotukhin .... Vampire, Kostya's father Mariya Poroshina .... Svetlana Galina Tyunina .... Olga, sorceress (owl) Yuri Kutsenko .... Ignat (as Gosha Kutsenko) Aleksei Chadov .... Kostya (Anton's young vampire neighbor) Zhanna Friske .... Alisa Donnikova Ilya Lagutenko .... Vampire Andrei Viktor Verzhbitsky .... Zavulon Rimma Markova .... Darya Schultz, witch Mariya Mironova .... Yegor's mother Aleksei Maklakov .... Semyon Aleksandr Samojlenko .... Ilya (Bear), mage-transformer Dmitry Martynov .... Yegor (as Dmitri Martynov) (more) Also Known As: Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor (International: English title) (UK) Ночной Дозор (Russia) Night Watch (International: English title) MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images and language. Runtime: 114 min Country: Russia Language: Russian Color: Color Sound Mix: Dolby Digital Certification: Sweden:15 / Brazil:16 / Australia:MA / Germany:16 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / Netherlands:16 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Spain:18 / Argentina:16 / Ireland:18 / Norway:15 / UK:15 / USA:R / Czech Republic:15 / Singapore:NC-16 / Finland:K-15 Trivia: 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 Holywood-style filming and lack of ideas behind the FX. They labeled the movie "Nochnoj Pozor" (Night Shame). (more) Goofs:Continuity: First we see the subway train passing the station name "Botanicheskij Sad (Botanical Garden)" on the wall and then we hear the announcement that the NEXT station will be "Botanicheskij Sad". (more) Quotes: [Anton has tracked the human bait to the old hair salon. The vampires are hiding] Anton Gorodetsky: Night Watch! Everyone step out of the the Twilight! (more) Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination (more) shop amazon NOCHNOI DOZOR Nochnoi Dozor at Amazon.com Nochnoi Dozor DVD unavailable at Amazon.com Nochnoi Dozor VHS unavailable at Amazon.com Nochnoi Dozor CD unavailable at Amazon.com Nochnoi Dozor at Amazon.ca Nochnoi Dozor DVD unavailable at Amazon.ca Nochnoi Dozor VHS unavailable at Amazon.ca Nochnoi Dozor CD unavailable at Amazon.ca Nochnoi Dozor at Amazon.co.uk Nochnoi Dozor DVD unavailable at Amazon.co.uk Nochnoi Dozor VHS unavailable at Amazon.co.uk Nochnoi Dozor CD unavailable at Amazon.co.uk Nochnoi Dozor at Amazon.de Nochnoi Dozor DVD unavailable at Amazon.de Nochnoi Dozor VHS unavailable at Amazon.de Nochnoi Dozor CD unavailable at Amazon.de Memorabilia Books | All Products User Comments: 34 out of 54 people found the following comment useful:- A Great Russian Gothic Thriller, 7 October 2005 7/10 Author: IronicFilmReference from United Kingdom Yeah it was good. Basically for those who don't know the story there was a virgin in Byzantium who got cursed. because of her curse there was dark in the world. Forces of light then rose up to combat evil. They fight until it is realised neither can win. Then balance remains for the next unspecified length of time as Others (gifted people on both sides) maintain the balance - the Night Watch keep the dark sides at bay (by licensing them) and the Day Watch drive Audis during the day, we are told they keep the light at bay. Skip to 2004. A special other arrives in the world, he will decide the balance between light and dark, he must chose which side to take. At the same time the virgin comes back and brings a vortex (tornado and lots of crows) with her, this is apparently not good and so the Ligh side have to stop the Other being bitten by vampires (Dark) and find out who cursed this virgin. Oh, and the Night Watch have a van with a rocket engine (obviously). There is also this thing called the Gloom which these others can slip into, but not for long or it consumes them, the Dark can get on quite well in the Gloom and often hide there. Oh and there are shape-shifters - we meet Bear and Tiger Cub (guess what they turn into). Anyway, the story and tension builds till the Other makes his choice and the Night Watch find out who cursed the virgin and do something about it. That's the basic story. This is what i thought of it: It was enjoyable but more issues popped up than i thought necessary (although these may be dealt with better in the sequels). The acting was average, not bad but nothing that left me in awe. There's some good action (lots of choppy editing) and a reasonable amount of blood (a guy produces a sword from an odd place). There's a very good animated sequence (much better than Kill Bill or revolver) part of the way through, and the whole thing is pretty much filmed in Blues and Reds (there were loads of Cinematographers on the credits) which works well to give the film a Gothic feel. Also, for something that should be global (good v evil) we only see what happens in Moscow, but hey - i guess you can't have everything and there may be more stuff elsewhere in the world in the sequels. Overall, it was a very enjoyable film, visually distinctive, great soundtrack which varies from classical to goth rock, good digital effects and a fairly simple story followed to a reasonable (IMO pleasing) conclusion. A good way to spend 2 hours. 7/10