overview: tarantino & the cohen bros get together to direct a russian version of buffy the vampire slayer, which actually works out to be an amazing film.
Nightwatch is urban fantasy, and even makes a postmodern ode via a Buffy cameo, but different than most in that it's very dark and dystopic. The plots are complex and multilayered - pay attention. Every scene, every detail matters. The FX are additive, for the most part, rather than distracting and very well done.
Helpful hint: the Gloom they talk about is a kind of ethereal plane that sucks the life out of those that enter it. Mosquitoes are symbolic of this - when you see them, the characters are in the gloom.
Synopsis: there are Others, who are parahumans with special powers, vampires, shapeshifters, mages, etc. There are light and dark Others, they have a truce, and the Nightwatch is the organization of Light Others that keeps watch on the Dark Others (there is a corresponding Day Watch). Others get to choose between Light and Dark, and there's a prophecy that there will be a messiah-figure whose choice will decide the direction of their armaggedon. Blah, Blah, Urban fantasy schtick, right? No - this world is *twisted*. "Light" is just a label, they are not especially "good". Vampires are more like desperate junkies than powerful superhumans, and the Light Others are mostly a bureacracy that gives licenses to kill and hunt innocents.
There's a Daywatch sequel in the makes, apparently a huge deal in Russia.
Nightwatch is urban fantasy, and even makes a postmodern ode via a Buffy cameo, but different than most in that it's very dark and dystopic. The plots are complex and multilayered - pay attention. Every scene, every detail matters. The FX are additive, for the most part, rather than distracting and very well done.
Helpful hint: the Gloom they talk about is a kind of ethereal plane that sucks the life out of those that enter it. Mosquitoes are symbolic of this - when you see them, the characters are in the gloom.
Synopsis: there are Others, who are parahumans with special powers, vampires, shapeshifters, mages, etc. There are light and dark Others, they have a truce, and the Nightwatch is the organization of Light Others that keeps watch on the Dark Others (there is a corresponding Day Watch). Others get to choose between Light and Dark, and there's a prophecy that there will be a messiah-figure whose choice will decide the direction of their armaggedon. Blah, Blah, Urban fantasy schtick, right? No - this world is *twisted*. "Light" is just a label, they are not especially "good". Vampires are more like desperate junkies than powerful superhumans, and the Light Others are mostly a bureacracy that gives licenses to kill and hunt innocents.
There's a Daywatch sequel in the makes, apparently a huge deal in Russia.
