 Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Maria Poroshina
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Screenplay by: Sergei Lukyanenko, Timour Bekmambetov
Release Date: February 17, 2006
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, disturbing images and language.
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
 Domestic: $1,502,188 (4.4%)
Foreign: $32,393,008 (95.6%)
Total: $33,895,196 (Worldwide)
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 From Russia, with horror, comes the stylish fantasy horror film that has revolutionized post-Soviet cinema: Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor). The film 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 instalment 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 (Nochnoi Dozor) 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 (Nochnoi Dozor) went on to gross eight times that number. Internationally acclaimed, it was also Russia’s contender for the 2004 foreign language Oscar.
Set in contemporary Moscow, Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) uncovers the other-world battle that upholds a 1000-year-old truce between the forces of Light and the forces of Darkness.
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