I really tend to hate thrillers/horrors, but I really want to see Night Watch (or in its original Russian, НОЧНОЙ ДОЗОР (Nochnoy Dozor)) when it comes out. Okay, so it was released last year already in Russia, but apparently it's going to at least be in England, France and Spain in the next month or two!
Seriously, apart from it being Russian AND good quality, there seem to be heaps of reasons to see it *lol* It's funny, though, that a lot of Russian people are like, 'Oh, it's so crummy! Poor quality!' But then we usually tend to dump on movies from our own countries that do well and don't stick to the 'purist' version of what we want to see in cinemas *lol* The movie was produced and marketed with the help of Russia's TV1, and apparently 50% of the budget was used on advertising and PR, which is rather impressive.
Anyhow...
Set in contemporary Moscow, Night Watch revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness -- the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides. As night falls, the dark forces battle the super-human “Others” of the Night Watch, whose mission is to patrol and protect. But there is constant fear that an ancient prophecy will come true: that a powerful “Other” will rise up, be tempted by one of the sides, and tip the balance plunging the world into a renewed war between the dark and light, the results of which would be catastrophic.
Night Watch is the first installment of a trilogy based on the best-selling sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko entitled Night Watch, Day Watch and Dusk Watch. The film is the official Russian contender for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2005 Academy Awards.
Sounds good to me :)
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