Nochnoy dozor (2004)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Escritores (WGA):

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

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 julio 2004 (Belarus)

Género:

Acción | Fantasía | Horror

Frase comercial:

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

Premios:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Shows promise as the beginning of a trilogy...

Reparto

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)

También conocida como:

Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor (International: English title) (UK)
Ночной дозор (Russia)
Guardianes de la noche (Argentina) (Panama) (Peru) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images and language.

Duración:

114 min

País:

Russia

Idioma:

Ruso | Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

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

Locaciones de Filmación:

Moscow, Russia

Compañía:

Bazelevs Production

Trivialidades:

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

Errores:

Personal o Equipo 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.

Citas:

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.

Conexiones de Película:

Version of Nochnoy bazar (2005)

Banda de Sonido:

Nochnoy dozor (Finalnyy rep)

Shows promise as the beginning of a trilogy...

I have always respected fantasy-set films that try and take themselves seriously as cinematic pieces. When a director takes the actual construction of the film seriously, or tries to, I can respect the intent. As such "Night Watch" is difficult to judge. The cinematography is excellent: the camera-work is superb, the mood is perfect, the effects are beautifully rendered (and not overused), and the timing of individual scenes is consistent throughout the piece. The problem is the overall timing of the film. For over half the film, the overall plot and premise is ignored. It is very much as if we are watching two different episodes of the same TV series; the characters are the same, the premise is the same, it is clear how the plots fit together visually and thematically, but otherwise they have pretty much nothing to do with one another. They are not disjointed in their construction or presentation, it is simply that the plot threads are mostly unrelated.

It is worth pointing out that this is the first film in a planned trilogy. Every hanging plot/character moment in the film is very strongly intended to be followed through upon in the next two films, and it shows. Characters and references are not simply tossed aside, but are led into gently just enough to let the audience know that greater things are intended. While I'm not particularly a fan of this kind of thing, Night Watch does it very well, and I await the sequels with anticipation.

Many people on this board have made comparisons to Star Wars EpI-II, and for the life of me I haven't the faintest clue why. The concept of Imperfect Good vs Seductive Evil within the human soul was hardly invented by George Lucas (though vampires in Star Wars would be pretty freakin' cool), and its presentation in Night Watch is tight and interesting. There is no resemblance whatsoever, this is one of the more original films that I have ever seen, and I recommend it both for its flaws and perfections.