Day Watch (film)

Day Watch Russian , Dnevnoy dozor, a.k.a. Night WatchThe Chalk of Fate, is a 2006 Russian dark fantasy action film written and directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Marketed as the first film of the year, it opened in theatres across Russia onJanuary 2006, the United States onJune 2007, and the United Kingdom onOctober 2007. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Night Watch, featuring the same cast. It is based on the second and the third part of Sergey Lukyanenkos novel The Night Watch rather than its followup novel Day Watch. The films budget was USD4.2 million. Fox Searchlight paidmillion to acquire the worldwide distribution rights excluding Russia and the Baltic states of this film. This film grossed 31.9 million at the Russian box office alone.

To redeem for his previous mistake, an attempt to use a witchs service to kill the unborn Yegor shown in the beginning of the first film, Anton seeks the legendary Chalk of Fate, a magical chalk that could rewrite history, which was once Tamerlanes property and one of the main reasons for his numerous military successes.Meanwhile, Zavulon, the leader of the Dark Others and their Day Watch, is waiting for Yegors birthday. At the birthday, Yegor would become a Great Other and acquire the power that would allow the Dark Others to break the treaty which is only supported because the Others fear that the two sides will destroy each other. Zavulons gratitude to Anton for covering Yegors violations of the treaty doesnt stop him and the Day Watch from attempting to frame Anton for murder and bring him in front of the Inquisition. They succeed, despite the efforts made by Gesser, the head of the Night Watch, to protect Anton from the Dark Others by putting him in Olgas body. While in her body, Svetlana confesses that she loves Anton to the person she thinks is Olga, which pushes their relationship forward. This happens despite Svetlanas initial anger at Anton for not telling her that he was in Olgas body. ........

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