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Night Watch

Night Watch

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 8, 2004

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

Fantasy, Action, Thriller

User Score

62%

Original Title

Ночной дозор

Production Companies

Bazelevs Production, Tabbak, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Channel One

Director

Timur Bekmambetov

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$50,336,279

Description

Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage