Night Watch

Writer-director Timur Bekmambetov's WATCH trilogy, of which this is the first installment, has been hailed as Russia's answer to the MATRIX films, and whether that's a recommendation or a warning is entirely a matter of personal taste. The story begins in 1342 in the Languedoc region of France, an area soaked with the blood of successive religious wars. On a stone bridge, the Warriors of Light, an army dedicated to eradicating witches and sorcerers, come face to face with the Warriors of Darkness, and the ensuing battle rages until the forces of Heaven itself must intercede. A truce is brokered: Good and evil will retain footing in the world and have free rein to rec...