Nightwatchmen, les gardiens de la nuit

Are you into Fantasy movies? With a darker tone and all that? Then you might be right here. This may be predictabel and full of cliches, but it still is able to entertain if you let it. I have been accused of being too nice to movies and I reckon you can say the same thing here. But since I am a bit of a sucker when it comes to certain types of movies, it is to be expected. This was decent overall, story and effects wise too.

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many slo-mo sequences and a self-conscious pre-occupation with being cool which of course means it will be hopelessly outdated in a matter of a few years.

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!

I have seen better movies about vampires, this is not bad but it's too similar to Blade.

Personally I enjoyed the movie, it there were some times I just was little bored.

However I don't say don't watch the movie, because only losers say that. So watch the movie and judge by yourself.

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...