This first installment of the trilogy based on the best-selling science fiction novels by Russian writer Sergei Lukyanenko plays upon the tension between light and dark, pitting the superhuman Night Watch patrollers (known as the “Others”) against the shadowed forces of the night. There’s a truce in place but that is threatened by the knowledge of an “Other” who will be the deciding factor between good and evil. Who is he? Which side will he choose?

Pretty decent movie. Great effects, pretty good story. Worth a rental. Not sure about a buy. Be warned it is in Russian so if subtitled movies scare you, then don’t bother.