As such "Night Watch" is difficult to judge. When a director takes the actual construction of the film seriously, or tries to, I can respect the intent. I have always respected fantasy-set films that try and take themselves seriously as cinematic pieces. All i can say is i cant wait for the sequels to now make there way over. The subtitles are cleverly used as well they come into a form of their own. You are constantly blown away by the visual effects. For the small budget it had, you wonder how they made this film. But with all the energy Nightwatch contains, you don't care, cause you'll gladly go again. As it moves at such at fast pace, there isn't much chance to take everything in and to nut everything out. The flaw of the story though is that it's so layered it's hard to understand at first. The story has been done many times before, but it seems so fresh here. You can see that Timur Bekmambetov has a history in commercials, this moves at a fast paced and the camera doesn't stop moving, with constant fast swoops and always tracking around. Its dark, claustrophobic, grungy and a very thrilling ride. Night Watch is a mind blowing, visually astounding triumph of Russian cinema. Anton is a seer and when he is finding a victim of two vampires, he runs into Svetlana, a virgin cursed with bad luck and key into the Apocolpes. When Anton finds out he is an other a person with special powers, he joins the side of light. The Daywatch and Nightwatch keep tabs to make sure this truce holds. Neither side can force people to join their side, they have the freedom of choice. The people of light will become the Nightwatch, and the people of darkness will become the Daywatch. When the forces of light and dark take to battle and realize they are equally strong, decide to make a truce.
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