Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Executscan Expected more

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

SnoopyStyle Others are humans with varying supernatural powers. They are split into the forces of Light and Darkness. In the heat of a devastating battle, the leader of the Light Geser offers a truce to the leader of the Dark Zavulon. From then on, choosing sides must be done freely and the truce is monitored by forces from both sides. Night Watch is a force of Light that police the Dark force during the night. In Moscow, Anton Gorodetsky is recruited into Night Watch.It's crazy dark moody style. It's chaotic and unrestrained. I love the chaos but only in the style. It's also chaotic story telling and that's not a good thing. The whole thing is fascinating at first but eventually wears me out. Timur Bekmambetov shows great promise but he needs more clarity in his story telling skills. The scenes need better connective tissues and the style can't be done at the expense of everything else.

rooprect There's certainly no shortage of vampire flicks out there, so the challenge is upon filmmakers to distinguish theirs from the rest of the vampire stew. "Nightwatch" definitely distinguishes itself, if for no other reason than it is Russian. But even beyond that it does introduce some original ideas.Historically, the vampire tale has been a clearcut battle of good vs. evil: evil of course being the bloodthirsty freaks with fangs and good usually being the supple-necked victims and those who defend them. Nightwatch certainly begins that way with an opening narrative showing us, literally, the armies of good fighting armies of evil. But in a subtle way, from the opening shots the director injects scenes that make us question "what makes good good? what makes evil evil? What is the difference?" For my money, that's what this film brings to the table. Like the more recent Clint Eastwood films (beginning with "The Unforgiven" all the way through the WWII films "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Iwo Jima") we are challenged to objectively define who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. The answer isn't as clearcut as the old Westerns would make you think."Nightwatch" is mostly a high-powered action film mixed with a bit of a detective story and a few nicely placed slower moments. But I think its real power lies in the theme of good vs. evil. I haven't yet seen the sequel "Daywatch", but based on how "Nightwatch" sets the stage, I bet it will be even better.I enjoyed "Nightwatch" and will probably watch it again to pick up on more that I may have missed. My criticisms are similar to what other reviewers have said. It seems rushed at times, there are a lot of very quick cuts like you might see in music videos, and I would have loved to see it dwell on some shots a little longer. But perhaps the whole idea behind the quick cuts is to disorient & unsettle the viewer, just as the theme may disorient & unsettle you about your definitions of good and evil.A few plot elements seemed hastily tied up at the end, but maybe the dialogue translations into English didn't properly convey what the characters were saying. I definitely found myself wishing I understood Russian. Oh wellski.I would compare this film to "Underworld" but with more frenzied action scenes and more subdued chillout scenes. Parts of it, particularly the flashbacks to ancient times, reminded me of the classic "Highlander" films. The dark, claustrophobic feel reminded me of the interesting Russian ghost story "Moscow Zero". This is a film worth seeing.

Korbin Schwertl This film, as well as its sequel, is a masterpiece like no other in the genre. Now to make one thing clear, once and for all, I haven't read the books by now. But for as far as I heard they stayed pretty close to the books.Unlike most films nowadays that include vampires, this film actually has some very interesting characters. And that's the strength of both films. No matter if good or evil, side or main character, they are all so well developed and played.I'm used to see dark films like this. The Batman movies, classic 80s splatter and horror movies, ... I like my film atmosphere dark and dirty. This isn't Gotham City, it's not the Blade Runner L.A., it's not (Ba)Sin City, ... it's Moskau. A very very dark and dirty Moskau and all I can say is, WOW. I wanna go to Moskau and see if it's really such a dark city.I will not spoil the story in anyway, but let me say it like this, there's no film I know so far that has a similar storyline.So what are you still waiting? Get it and watch it. You won't waste your money.

Aakaash Dev This is my 1st Review on IMDb! I picked this movie based on the reviews by other users. When went inside it all started well, then confusion started building, characters started coming in without any Idea & moreover couldn't understand where the film is going.Moreover, Nothing special about the acting, Couldn't really feel of watching a vampire movie. Plus dubbing in English also didn't go very well, sounds not matching the characters and feelings in the voice were hard to find.Given a couple of stars for couple of good scenes. Was having a hard time keeping the eyelids open for 1 Hour & then fingers automatically went to the power button. Please don't go on the reviews here, Frankly nothing new or nothing which will keep you awake, very dull movie.