The stylish horror fantasy film that has revolutionized post-Soviet cinema
Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) brings to the fore the cutting-edge vision of director/writer Timur Bekmambetov (whom Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov called “our Tarantino”) and is the first installment of a trilogy based on the best-selling Russian sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko (which also include Day Watch and Dusk Watch). Featuring a dazzling mix of state-of-the-art visual effects, adrenaline-fuelled action sequences and nail-biting terror, Night Watch was an instant smash hit in its native Russia when it was released in July 2004 shattering all previous box office records. Made for a mere $4 million, the film surpassed both Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Spider-Man 2 at the Russian box office. In a country that had not seen a native film make more than $2 million, Night Watch went on to gross eight times that number. Internationally acclaimed, it was also Russia’s contender for the 2004 foreign language Oscar®.
Night Watch is released on the 7th October and you can view the trailer here.
