film buzz: night watch

last year while the rest of the world was hailing spider man 2 as one of the best movies of the summer, the folks back in russia decided to go watch a homegrown action cross genre epic by the name of 'night watch' (nochnoj dozor).

with a serious geek friendly plot in which a mideaval truce between good and evil is somehow called off in modern day moscow. (stay with me here) soon everything from witches to vampires to supernatural powers run rampant in the city, but only a handful of humans are capable of stopping it all.

and to top it off, it's a trilogy!

sounds hokey, i know, but the buzz is pretty exciting. fox searchlight have so much faith in this film, they are not only releasing the movie this summer, but have also invested in the other two films being made.

director timov bekmambetov has definitely been studying the likes of michael bay as the 5 minute trailer looks pretty impressive. check it out and just remember where you read about this film first!