I watched this movie several years ago and something felt way off but I couldn't describe it. Recently I started reading the books and now I know what feels off. The people who directed the movie and who were in charge of the script changed quite a bit of the story when compared to the books. A lot of the parts where I would feel something was off or way off ... were a shortened inclusion of something seen in the books (not only in the first Night Watch book but also in the Day Watch book, etc.) A lot of the nice characters I actually liked were changed to something I couldn't associate with any longer.The story tries to cover a large part of the books and the viewer gets a bit lost. Favorable characters are only slightly mentioned. Bad miscellaneous characters are incorporated in the plot and merged with some of the major characters and is probably the reason I found the script so awkward the first time I watched the movie. In my opinion if they tried to change twice as little in the story as they did the movie would have been a lot more interesting - they ruined a lot of favorite characters for me as Olga, TIgress, etc. For a movie this far off what I'd expect It vote 4/10 but since the special effects were really nice fore the time when the move was filmed and some insignificant story details were covered properly I'm willing to give the movie a 5/10. Due to the differences in the story/plot I can't really give the movie more stars though. It's just way off!

This film, as well as its sequel, is a masterpiece like no other in the genre. Now to make one thing clear, once and for all, I haven't read the books by now. But for as far as I heard they stayed pretty close to the books.Unlike most films nowadays that include vampires, this film actually has some very interesting characters. And that's the strength of both films. No matter if good or evil, side or main character, they are all so well developed and played.I'm used to see dark films like this. The Batman movies, classic 80s splatter and horror movies, ... I like my film atmosphere dark and dirty. This isn't Gotham City, it's not the Blade Runner L.A., it's not (Ba)Sin City, ... it's Moskau. A very very dark and dirty Moskau and all I can say is, WOW. I wanna go to Moskau and see if it's really such a dark city.I will not spoil the story in anyway, but let me say it like this, there's no film I know so far that has a similar storyline.So what are you still waiting? Get it and watch it. You won't waste your money.

I watched this movie with some friends it had been sitting in my basement for a while and I thought it was time to open it. The beginning of the movie was really good, the filming was excellent, the costumes wonderful, and we were all excited. But then came the rest of the movie. As the movie continued the plot did not at least for teenagers hopped up on caffeine at 1am.Some tying plot details are missing from this movie making it hard to follow if you aren't paying attention. However, the filming style, the costumes and some of the twists are worth watching the movie in my opinion.If you are looking for a easy to watch horror/thriller/action this is not the movie for you but if you want a story that gets you thinking or for criticism then this movie will work wonders.Also you should probably read the books, I know intend to now, it does seem like a really good story if it had all the details.

Okay, I was completely unaware that this was a vampire film - I decided to take a look because to tell you the truth IMDb has recommended to me the sequel. I watched it and here is what I think.In this movie - it's the only film that brings new cards to the Vampire mythology and actually worked. Okay now the plot - thousands of years ago the armies of good and evil meet on a bridge and fight on the bridge - during the slaughter the leader of the light army stops it and makes a truce with the dark army - The Others (or in other words Vampires, shape shifters, witches etc) would have to choose which side to go on and the Light others would watch the Dark others calling themselves Night Watch and the Dark others doing the same - only calling themselves Day Watch.That was an introduction but the plot picks up with Anton a man who goes to a witch to kill the unborn child of his former wife because he has been told that this child is not his - The witch almost does so when the Light others come to stop her and Anton then discovers he is an other (Vampire) 12 years later this kid is being called to by a vampire - to pretty much get bitten, Anton is assigned to stop the kid from going to the vampire, along the way he meets somebody who has a curse on her that bad luck would happen to her, then he then saves the kid when he gets there at the last minute but also kills this vampire's boyfriend, this creates a feud between the entire Dark Others and him - The kid then disappears.Anton then recovers after the fight that made him kill the vampire and then finds out who this woman he met on the train and the leader of the light says who she is and what she is. After that Anton is assigned a partner who appears to be an owl at first - after a while he finds out that this owl is a woman trapped in the body of an owl, he then gets abused by one of his friends who is a Dark Other and they then find the kid in his apartment which the kid is also an Other. They tell him this and Anton finds out that this kid is his child - the witch lied to him and as stated above she is stopped.Okay this is as far of the plot as I'll go into (I don't want to reveal spoilers or show you minute-for-minute ALL the plot), I will say that out of the movies directed by Timur Bekmambetov that I have seen THIS is his best - I didn't like Wanted. All the actors are good in their roles, I will DEFINITELY watch the sequel Day Watch. Very good entertainment