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Guardians of the Night? You should stock up on garlic cloves, holy water and wooden stakes...because these guardians will get you killed! :) The hero (if you can remotely call him that) has no skills, self defense training, abilities and absolutely no common sense whatsoever...he is a complete idiot!

Still I would probably watch this film again...possibly, sometime, maybe...!?

Its a low budget supernatural fantasy with lots of thrills and spills and non stop action, the combat scenes are acted out and filmed superbly; the actors all do a very good convincing job also. The CGI special FX are simple yet very impressive for a B-Movie budget.

The only negative side to this worth while watchable 'Fang Banger' is the post shoot choppy editing at times, and the lack of a natural flow to the story. I'm sure this is probably due, mainly, to lack of a larger budget of Rubles and a script versus film directors wanderings.

One reviewer has said that this is too similar to the "BLADE" vampire film('s). It is nothing like anything of the Blade genre (unless you think vampires running amok in a nightclub scene - as happened in Blade - makes it so) because the hero of this film is neither a Vampire, a day-walker or anything supernatural; he's not even a warrior! His only use in the film is that he is able to feel, and sense, the presence of anything supernatural.

So there you are! Its not a Fan(G)tastic film but its not a Fan(G)kless waste of 1hr:37mins either.

Fan(G)k-you for reading and enjoy it for what it is!

Of course, you should not look at this movie as if it was the new X MEN movie, but for a local Russian production, it's quite good!

I don't want to tell you much about the story because It contains some nice surprises I appreciated a lot and I don't want to ruin your joy of watching this movie. I loved the storyline and characters, which were a lot more original than most US productions of the same budget level.

The special effects are amazing considering the budget of the movie: one scene in particular will amaze you (don't want to spoil the fun), it could have been in any US blockbuster.

The summarize:The VFX are great, the actors are good, it's packed with action: it's a very nice film for all sci-fi lovers!

Look, contrary to some other reviews, this movie didn't need a bigger budget. I can't count the number of movies that were ruined by big budgets, and we don't need any more of that. This film's VFX and action sequences were on point and extremely good. The film itself focuses on story and doesn't waste money on crap that would detract from the focus on the story. It packs a few surprises as well... at one point I found myself laughing for all the right reasons. Inventive and fresh.

As usual, it seems like either the reviewers APPEAR to be plants with their rather silly 10 star reviews, or someone comes along and completely trashes it.

Look, NO awards are gonna be won here, okay? I think anybody who is being honest will agree with that. But, with that said... for what it is, it's kind of fun. For me, this was actually the very first modern fully English dubbed Russian film with a mildly fun Mythology about vampires and government organizations to combat them, Ancient Covenants, etc... that I've seen. So, the novelty of that was kind of interesting. What we're talking about here is a HUGELY watered down sort of 'UNDERWORLD' but with government agents instead of Werewolves. Kind of... : ) Also, with about, oh... maybe 1/10 of 1% of the budget or depth. You probably get the idea...

It was fun... Somewhat amateurish, sure, but enjoyable. Everyone seemed to be putting in their best, such as it is, and that made it mildly entertaining IF your expectations are set VERY low.

Would I liked to have seen a film like this done with a LOT more money and better writing...? Sure... But, in my lowly and wretched opinion, compared to a LOT of the truly painful, UN-watchable stuff out there, I think this one gets a pass for being kind of fun, low-key, and yet still trying to be serious about it. This is not a Horror/Comedy. Also, FWIW, it is PG-13 friendly and still entertaining, which is bloody tough to do very well these days. So, even a passable effort along those lines is still quite a ways above the rest...

If you are looking for a serious & deep Sci Fi / Horror film, then yes, by all means look elsewhere. But, if you just wanna sit back and have a lightly entertaining time without a lot of excess, then, sure, you might actually have a bit of fun with this movie...

Derivative, hyperactive YA fantasy/adventure from Russia with way too many slo-mo sequences and a self-conscious pre-occupation with being cool which of course means it will be hopelessly outdated in a matter of a few years.