Day Watch
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Short description
Day Watch is set in present-day Moscow, where a centuries-old truce holds the forces of Light and Dark in a fragile balance. When a young woman is found murdered in the stairwell of an ordinary apartment building, her body showing no signs of violence, it emerges that she belonged to the Dark side. Because the dead woman was a Dark Other, suspicion falls on the Light, and Geser, who leads the Night Watch, must act quickly: an accusation of murder could shatter the truce and push the two sides toward open conflict. He gathers his people and tries to establish where each of them was at the time of the killing, a search that leaves Anton Gorodetsky without an alibi. Anton finds himself caught between the two camps, with his son Egor now aligned with the Dark and Svetlana, whom he loves, standing for the Light.
The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, the second in the order of his features, following Night Watch in 2004. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Alexander Talal, and Konstantin Ernst and Anatoliy Maksimov produced it. Konstantin Khabenskiy returns as Anton, alongside Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Zhanna Friske and Viktor Verzhbitskiy, among 39 credited cast members. Made for about 4 million dollars, it took roughly 39 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.4/10 from 36,000 votes and on TMDB 6.1/10 from 619, with critics at 6.1/10 from 94 reviews, so audiences and critics came out close together.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film's premiere date was postponed several times. The following dates were mentioned: September 2004, January 2005, September 2005, and finally, January 1, 2006.
- Sergei Lukyanenko "flashed" on screen in a scene of Night Watch employee training, playing one of the trainees in the back row.
- Anton Gorodetsky appears in the Moscow Metro, seemingly emerging from a poster for the film 'The 9th Company'. This episode symbolizes the filmmakers’ desire to break the box office record in Russia, previously held by 'The 9th Company' before the release of 'Night Watch' (taking worldwide gross into account, 'Night Watch' is the leader). In actuality, the filming of this episode took place in the Saint Petersburg Metro at the 'Polytechnic' station.
- The phone number shown during Anton Gorodetsky’s taxi ride belongs to a member of the film crew.
- The film features product placement, although less prominently than in 'Night Watch' (2004). However, the filmmakers earned significantly more from advertising in 'Day Watch' than they did in 'Night Watch', where the volume was estimated at half a million dollars, while in 'Day Watch' it reached 3 million dollars.
- In the film, Kostya’s father taps and sings a modified version of the reggae group The Gladiators’ song 'Go Before Us Jah Jah', changing it to 'Jah Jah go before us'.
- The film is set on the eve of the New Year 2006, but a scene showing Anton watching a hockey game on television features a match between the Russian and American national teams from the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- At the beginning of filming, Alisa drove an Audi TT. However, the car was later stolen, and it had to be replaced with a Mazda. As a result, some material had to be reshot, while other parts (the view from inside the car) were left as is. Consequently, in some moments it is noticeable that the interior and exterior of the car look different.
- In the scene where Anton and Olga fly off to Samarkand after the pilots manage to get the plane airborne, one of them retracts the landing gear, which is shown in close-up, but then the plane continues to fly over the forest with the landing gear still extended.
- The film is based on Sergei Lukyanenko’s novel “Day Watch” (2000). It also partially aligns with the second and third parts of the book “Night Watch.”
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
