A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Blistering performances.

You haven't seen any Russian movies if you think they're chasing "Hollywood" with it's cinematography & as for the dislike for US, perhaps you should watch all the movies Hollywood makes where the villain is always supposed to be Russian and yet the actor is American and doesn't bother to learn any Russian words for the scenes where he's supposed to speak in Russian. I'd say the dislike is pretty mutual.I find it funny that there's always the one American that has to comment how we're copying "Hollywood" etc etc. Especially when the review right underneath him recommends the viewers to watch this if they're sick and tired of Hollywood crap. LOL. Someone didn't understand the movie very well perhaps. I didn't mind this movie at all, it was pretty entertaining to watch and I love Khabenskiy. He's a talented actor & I enjoy most of his movies.

This foreign film was a major league production. It was full of action, special effects and good versus evil. Visually it was stunning. With a name like Night Watch it was apropos that the movie was dark with very few scenes taking place in the light.The story was also good. There is a truce between the light side and the dark side with each side keeping the other in check. The Night Watch monitors those on the dark side and the Day Watch monitors those on the light side. Both sides were awaiting the coming of a powerful "other" that would tip the scales.I was with the story up until the end. I think the ending was rather simplistic and not well thought out. Besides the ending the movie had a fresh and unique spin on the good v. evil story and it was very compelling.

Now the Russians are infected with the sophomoric, puerile "Wow! Wouldn't it be just so cool to be a vampire or something?" virus. Heaven help us! I too once had such aspirations--WHEN I IS WAS 10 OR 12! But apparently there are still droves of lame- brained geeks out there who think this crap is really interesting. It's really tragic that these lame-os have such empty lives that they continue to be enamored by the prospect of being found to be an "Other." Or a "Hero" or a vampire or a werewolf or some other stupid creature that no one was ever supposed to want to emulate. But, lo, and behold! We have spawned a generation of dip-wads who never get tired of stories that are all about being somehow more special than the rest of us. They are immortal. They are powerful. They are mysterious. They are sexually desirable. They are evil, but they are really just misunderstood and want to be good. In short, they are everything that these dip-wads are not and never will be. They will keep on fantasizing about this lame garbage until they gasp their last, pitiable mortal breath in some hospice after living their pathetic, wasted lives. GOOD RIDDANCE! Listen up! You aren't supposed to want to BE a vampire, anymore than you're supposed to want to BE Ted Bundie, John Gacy, or Jeffery Dahmer! You're supposed to hate them and be afraid of them--those are normal responses and attitudes. These creatures are the enemies of society and humanity, they are not endangered species, victims of disease, genetics, or social inequality. And they certainly are not desirable sex partners! HOW SICK! PULEEZE! NO MORE GOOD VAMPIRES OR WEREWOLVES! NO MORE EVOLVING UNDEAD ZOMBIES! NO MORE SYMPATHETIC, MISUNDERSTOOD MONSTERS! BLAH! And if I hear one more "scientific" explanation of vampirism or lycanthropy I'm just gonna puke! When will everyone wake up and realize that the only entertaining element in these myths is that they DEFY such rationalizations. When you make a vampire or a werewolf a scientific phenomena, it takes all the terror out of it. All that's left is to study it as an oddity, motivated by some sick fascination, admiration, or desire for emulation. I don't watch horror movies because I want to be sexually aroused by the creature, I watch them to be scared! I don't watch horror movies because I'd like to be some sort of super-normal creature, but because such creatures are insidious, destructive, and downright evil. I don't want a horror movie to explain monsters to me medically, socially, or scientifically, I want to be confronted with something that defies all the smug, arrogant, and presumptuous deification of science that obsesses our numbed society and takes all the fun and mystery out of storytelling. Hey, girl! Don't answer that blood-sucker's booty call! Ward him off with your crucifix, splash holy water in his face, pound a stake through his heart, cut off his head, stuff his mouth with garlic, and throw what's left out into the noonday sun; cuz dat ain't yo' boy-frien', dats a demon-controlled rotting corpse! HOOAH!

I was expecting something quite magical, but this film turned out to be surprisingly down-to-earth and gritty.The main character is a reluctant hero, and not a pretty face either. He works with a group of people who fight the forces of evil with their special powers, yes, but also with things like trucks and computers. They are like a secret police force. The film reminded me more of a police or detective drama than a fantasy film. The scary parts were more like standard police-take-down violence scenes, which didn't really appeal to me.I suspect I'll appreciate it more if I see it again, without the hindrance of my expectations preventing me from appreciating it properly. It seems to be a well-rounded fantasy, with complexity and an elaborate background. And it's a cinematic presentation of Russia (Moscow) that is certainly very fresh, not one I've ever seen before.