Day Watch

"The second chapter in the epic fantasy trilogy"

2006 2h 26m RU

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★6.1TMDB · 621🍅62%Rotten Tomatoes●59Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 36,236

FantasyActionAdventureHorrorThriller

Synopsis

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A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.

“The second chapter in the epic fantasy trilogy”

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Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy
Anton Gorodetsky
Mariya Poroshina
Svetlana
Vladimir Menshov
Geser
Galina Tyunina
Olga
Zhanna Friske
Alice Donnikova
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Zavulon
Dmitriy Martynov
Egor
Aleksey Maklakov
Semen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Timur Bekmambetov, Alexander Talal
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $43M — a 10.2× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "World of Watches Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, shot by Sergey Trofimov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yuriy Poteenko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Dmitry Kiselyov shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Konstantin Khabenskiy and Mariya Poroshina and Vladimir Menshov carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Timur Bekmambetov directs. Sergey Trofimov behind the camera. Yuriy Poteenko scores. Dmitry Kiselyov cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $43M — a 10.2× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 20 years ago.
4Part of the "World of Watches Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, shot by Sergey Trofimov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Yuriy Poteenko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Dmitry Kiselyov shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Konstantin Khabenskiy and Mariya Poroshina and Vladimir Menshov carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The second chapter in the epic fantasy trilogy".
10IMDB entry: tt0409904 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Sergey Trofimov
Original score: Yuriy Poteenko
Editing: Dmitry Kiselyov
Makeup / hair: Nataliya Bogdanova
Stunt coordinator: Sergey Vorobyov
Runtime: 146 min · 2h 26m
Status: Released
Budget: $4,200,000
Box office: $42,918,532
Return: 1022% of budget
Original language: RU
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Day Watch (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 62% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 59/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 36,236 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

8 wins & 10 nominations total

Part of

World of Watches Collection

Since the beginning of time, there have been "Others" - humans endowed with supernatural abilities - and for just as long, the Others have been divided between the forces of Light and Dark. Russian horror / thriller movies based on Sergei Lukyaneko's novels of the same names.

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What people are saying

Dr Nostromo2026-04-23
★ 4/10
43/100 This sequel to "Night Watch" is far more comprehensible but far less organic or balanced. First off, it spent an enormous amount of time on this lack luster and lifeless romance between our 2 primary protagonists and secondly, at two and a half hours, the rest of this painfully overlong film was silly and a parody of itself. As such, you couldn't take it seriously for a minute. It even ended like a bad rom com. The fantastic action sequence near the end was certainly worth watching. Too bad I had to sit through over 2 hours of this to get there. Marginally entertaining. -- DrNostromo.com

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