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Day Watch (2006)

Day Watch poster
Original title
Дневной Дозор
Directed by
Timur Bekmambetov
Genre
fantasy film, horror film, action film, vampire film
Country
Russia
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 608 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Russian fantasy film continues the conflict between the forces of light and darkness. A young man gets caught up in a dangerous supernatural war in modern Moscow.

fast-paceddarkintensesuspensefulchaoticvisually stylizedsupernaturalaction-heavy

What happens

Day Watch is a 2006 Russian fantasy film directed and co-written by Timur Bekmambetov. It opened in theatres across Russia on 1 January 2006, the United States on 1 June 2007, and the United Kingdom on 5 October 2007. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Night Watch, featuring the same cast. Despite sharing its title with the second novel in the series, it is actually based on the second and third parts of Sergey Lukyanenko's novel Night Watch, the first part of which the 2004 film was based on. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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