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
Direction
Bekmambetov's hyperkinetic Soviet subway chaos before Hollywood tamed him.
Production
Moscow looks gloriously grimy, all neon and decay.
Visual Effects
The 'Gloom' still slaps harder than most 2004 CGI.
Director
Timur Bekmambetov
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Anton Gorodetsky
Vladimir Menshov
Geser
Galina Tyunina
Olga
Mariya Poroshina
Svetlana
Zhanna Friske
Alice Donnikova
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Zavulon
Rimma Markova
Witch Darya
Mariya Mironova
Egor's Mother
Dmitriy Martynov
Egor
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Kostya’s Father
Anna Dubrovskaya
Larisa
Anna Slyu
Tiger
Ilya Lagutenko
Andrej
Gosha Kutsenko
Ignat
Aleksey Chadov
Kostja
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The broken airplane in the opening was a real decommissioned Tupolev TU-134 that Bekmambetov convinced the government to lend him.
This was Russia's first blockbuster fantasy franchise, deliberately made to rival The Matrix and Lord of the Rings—it became the highest-grossing Russian film ever at the time.
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