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NIGHT WATCH is terrific. I picked up the Russian DVD a few months ago from alldvd.ca and loved it.

It's a bit hard to understand the first time through (partly because some of the translation on the English subtitles wasn't particularly clear) with a very complicated plot.

The scenario is roughly this: a thousand years ago two forces met on the battle field, the warriors of light and the army of darkness. As the battle raged, the two forces proved to be exactly balanced, and so a decision was made maintain that balance and the two sides came to an agreement that neither side would breach. And to enforce the agreement two watches were formed: the Day Watch and the Night Watch. The Night Watch is composed of the forces of good who work keep the forces of evil from breaching the agreement and vice versa. The watches continue today... Warriors of virtue (some are shape changers, others have less definable talents) who fight against rogue vampires, witches, etc. Both sides are usually invisible to normal people unless they choose to be seen, except for a few "others" who can see and interact with the immortals. And therein lies the instability, because the "others" also have the potential to become immortals and they can go toward either side. Plus, there is a prophecy of a "Great One" who will shift the balance, plunging the world into an era of light or darkness.

A sequel is already in the works for the sequel novel DAY WATCH (both are based on very popular Russian novels by Sergey Lukyanenko. There is a third called TWILIGHT PATROL that will probably be made as well if the sequel does as well at the box office as the original. When it was released in Russia, it did $8.5 million in its first 11 days, compared to $5.5 million for Spider-Man 2 for example.

Excellent film. Definitely recommended. Think Guillermo del Toro in BLADE 2 mode meets Christophe Gans. It's very European in feel, but with Western style action and SFX.