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Night Guards

2016 · 97 min

A slick, pulpy urban-fantasy ride through Moscow's hidden supernatural underworld, brisk and stylish with a dark comic edge.

Directed by
Emilis Vėlyvis
Genres
Fantasy, Action, Science fiction
Starring
Ivan Yankovsky, Lyubov Aksyonova, Leonid Yarmolnik
Overview
When eighteen-year-old Pasha rescues a beautiful young woman from a band of strangely powerful attackers, he discovers an underworld of supernatural beings living among us.

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Directed by
Emilis Vėlyvis
Genres
Fantasy, Action, Science fiction
Starring
Ivan Yankovsky, Lyubov Aksyonova, Leonid Yarmolnik
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • power
  • identity
  • violence
  • conspiracy
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror4
Humour4
Realism3
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
fantasy, action, science fiction, thriller
Directed by
Emilis Vėlyvis
Written by
Oleg Malovichko
Starring
Ivan Yankovsky, Lyubov Aksyonova, Leonid Yarmolnik, Mikhail Evlanov, Sabina Akhmedova, Igor Vernik, Ekaterina Volkova, Konstantin Adaev
Cinematography
Aleksey Kupriyanov
Runtime
97 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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