Nochnoy dozor (2004)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.5/10   

Réalisateur:

Timur Bekmambetov

Writers (WGA):

Timur Bekmambetov (screenplay) and
Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

8 juillet 2004 (Belarus)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror

Accroche:

All That Stands Between Light And Darkness Is The Night Watch.

Plot:

A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.

Plot Keywords:

Battle | Vampire | Moscow | Supernatural | Witch

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

mind boggling

Ensemble

Konstantin Khabenskiy	...	Anton Gorodetsky
Vladimir Menshov	...	Geser
Valeriy Zolotukhin	...	Kostya's Father
Mariya Poroshina	...	Svetlana
Galina Tyunina	...	Olga, the sorceress
Yuriy Kutsenko	...	Ignat (as Gosha Kutsenko)
Aleksey Chadov	...	Kostya (Anton's young vampire neighbor)
Zhanna Friske	...	Alice Donnikova
Ilya Lagutenko	...	Andrei
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	...	Zavulon
Rimma Markova	...	Darya Schultz, the witch
Mariya Mironova	...	Irina, Yegor's mother
Aleksey Maklakov	...	Simeon
Aleksandr Samoylenko	...	Ilya (Bear), mage-transformer
Dmitriy Martynov	...	Yegor (as Dmitri Martynov)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor (International: English title) (UK)
Ночной дозор (Russia)
Night Watch (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images and language.

Durée:

114 min

Pays:

Russia

Langue:

Russe | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Malaysia:U (cut) | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:18 | Peru:14 | Japan:PG-12 | Canada:14A | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Czech Republic:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Moscow, Russia

Company:

Bazelevs Production

Anecdotes:

Konstantin Khabenskiy, who plays Anton, actually worked briefly as a night watchman before he became an actor.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Near the end of the movie, during the rooftop scene amids the dark vortex, Anton wields a long fluorescent light bulb as both a lamp and a sword. The glow that is visible from the bulb is clearly not a special effect -- the play of shadows as the bulb moves is far too accurate. But if the bulb is actually lit, then there must be a power supply somewhere. If the viewer watches closely while Anton is swinging the bulb about, a wire can be seen coming out of his sleeve, to be obscured behind the bulb. It should be noted that there is never a single, continuous shot showing the entire circumference of the bulb. This is most likely because the wire front Anton's sleeve runs along the "back" of the bulb to supply the necessary power.

Guillemet:

Vampiress Larisa, initiate: I want to live.
Anton Gorodetsky: So live. Live. Who's stopping you?
Vampiress Larisa, initiate: I want to be human again.
Anton Gorodetsky: You want to be human? Then act like a human.

Movie Connections:

Version of Nochnoy bazar (2005)

Soundtrack:

Nochnoy dozor (Finalnyy rep)

mind boggling

When the forces of light and dark take to battle and realize they are equally strong, decide to make a truce. The people of light will become the Nightwatch, and the people of darkness will become the Daywatch. Neither side can force people to join their side, they have the freedom of choice. The Daywatch and Nightwatch keep tabs to make sure this truce holds.

When Anton finds out he is an other; a person with special powers, he joins the side of light. Anton is a seer and when he is finding a victim of two vampires, he runs into Svetlana, a virgin cursed with bad luck and key into the Apocolpes.

Night Watch is a mind blowing, visually astounding triumph of Russian cinema. Its dark, claustrophobic, grungy and a very thrilling ride. You can see that Timur Bekmambetov has a history in commercials, this moves at a fast paced and the camera doesn't stop moving, with constant fast swoops and always tracking around. The story has been done many times before, but it seems so fresh here. The flaw of the story though is that it's so layered it's hard to understand at first. As it moves at such at fast pace, there isn't much chance to take everything in and to nut everything out. But with all the energy Nightwatch contains, you don't care, cause you'll gladly go again.

For the small budget it had, you wonder how they made this film. You are constantly blown away by the visual effects. They are so flawless. The subtitles are cleverly used as well; they come into a form of their own.

All i can say is i cant wait for the sequels to now make there way over.