Wächter der Nacht – Nochnoi Dozor (2004)

Wächter der Nacht – Nochnoi Dozor: Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. With Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshina. A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.

“If there were 1/2 increments, Iu0026#39;d do 7.5 The trailer for this one has been on the net for well over a year, and its one of the most well put-together trailers Iu0026#39;ve ever seen, did the same job as the matrix 1 in terms of perking your interest with stylish clips and such while not giving away the whole plot. So I was excited. Now in retrospect Iu0026#39;m figuring that they decided not to reveal much plot less for dramatic effect and more for the fact that the plot is very.. makeshift? Ramshackle? (thrown together?) Donu0026#39;t get me wrong, this movie is almost great. Just a few things re-arranged and this movie could have been an instant cult classic. What do I know, it was just released in the states yesterday, perhaps there are plenty folks out there less critical enough than I for there to be cult stardom for this filmu0026#39;s future, but it would be a no brainer if a few things happened: 1) make it less of a goth/thriller shmorgasboard(sp?) of so many ideas mashed together, most certainly clouding plot and character development into obscurity. 2) more care taken in the writing process so that plot priorities are also less obscure.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll that bs aside, it was really a breath of fresh air and I really do suggest it for pretty much anyone who enjoys a good epic-goth-sci-fi-horror-thriller-trilogy that is also foreign.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSee what I mean? This film gets a C average for all those categories, and its something to be said if a movie can do that well in so many aspects; but the great movies are those that get an A+ in the one thing that they are focused on.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ewatch it.”