Russian Cooler Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre September 7, 2007 Directed by Timur Bekmambetov Based on the novels by Sergei Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasiliev R13/ 132minutes Fox Searchlight/ Channel One Dubbed in English Can the forces of darkness prevail over the forces of light? Can Russian filmmakers make a horror fantasy movie as gritty and stylized as Hollywood can make them? Can you say Timur Bekmambetov faster than you can say Wachowski Brothers? Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor) is the second part of the Russian mega-hit horror-fantasy series ala The Matrix and Underworld beginning with Night Watch (Nochnoy Dozor). In the series, the supernatural forces of the world known as the Others are divided between light and darkness, and an ancient truce guards the balance between the two. To preserve the truce, the Light Others conduct the Night Watch while the Dark Others conduct the Day Watch so neither side tips the balance. An inquisition set up by both sides punishes those w...
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