minimal spoiler herewhat be it about some movie that make me want to write an essay about them . some be so good and some be the opposite . night watch be of the latter kind . it suck and it take me three trial to finish it since i keep fall asleep and have to restart it . it have so many bad quality in a high end should have be good production that it make me mad . a director give in russian cinema standard major resource and he come up with this quagmire . the plot line be muddle and dumb and make no sense . it not that i do not get it . i do get it . it just that the basic story here be old and worn about the battle of good and evil . well and ok and we can make something interest with that . however we move into two subplots about a cursed woman who be bring a vortex down to earth . why . who the hell know . more lame be the climax for this vortex story line . if that be not the definition of an anti climax i do not know what be . we also have the vampire seduce kid plot line that seem to wind around and around before the ultimate non climax . along the way we meet mini character . i say amini because we know little to nothing about them and then they be go . i would have love to see more of the blood drinking butcher and even a little deep insight into olga the owl would have be interest . other incident that beg some logical question and why do the power station explode so fast after what his name get the news about his mommy . how on earth do the power come back on after that huge explosion . maybe texas power send moscow some like they do ny last year . how about the singer and her skinny crony . what exactly be their role . what about the crazy plane that be pretty much crashing and barely foot from the ground and and then we do not see it till the disaster be avert and it land safely some 20 minute later . it felt like mr. bekmambetov ( mr. b ) be go too fast to bother with tiny detail i would have give this a good review even with the huge plot add have it be well film . sure we get some very good cgi here and there . unfortunately the insane pace of cut from one shot to the next when there action go on will cut on anyone enjoyment and attention . i almost get a headache in that last lame duel between anton ( be that a neon light he be wield . ) and zavulon . this movie also feature one of the bad battle sequence use sword and start from the very first one on the bridge . probably because the average shot duration be 0 . 2 second and you have no idea whose do who a blood be shed . for tutor on how a bloody good sword battle be film mr. b. need to see braveheart a few time . he even use this lightning speed edit during character shape shift for heaven sake . who tell him this be a good artistic tool . do it have any save grace . not really and but two thing do standout . one be the dynamic subtitle that shape shift and change depend on the mood and narrator and noise level and scene content . pretty neat . the other be a single shot that be deliberate and well execute . it be a track shot that follow a screw a it come loose from an airplane and fall and fall all the way down to it final destination in a woman coffee cup in a building under the aforementioned vortex . even this shot do not serve any purpose but itself . it be cool and but nothing more than an extra . night watch would have make a tight and more enjoyable film in the hand of a good director and script writer . a it be and it a waste of time and money .