Summary
A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 61Audiences 65GoodWatch 62
Tomatometer62%
Metascore59
Audience score68%
IMDb6.4
Letterboxd · 11 K ratings3.1/5
User score6.3
Box office
10×its budget
- Budget
- $4 M
- Worldwide
- $43 M
Worldwide it earned $39 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 26 min
Longer than 9 in 10 fantasy movies, +46 min on the typical 100
typical 100146Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 23 more
Released
2006
January 1, 2006
20 years ago
Genres
FantasyActionAdventureHorrorThrillerLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
- Russia
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 39
Konstantin KhabenskyAnton Gorodetsky
Mariya PoroshinaSvetlana
Vladimir MenshovGeser
Galina TyuninaOlga
Zhanna FriskeAlice Donnikova
Viktor VerzhbitskiyZavulon
Dmitriy MartynovEgor
Aleksei MaklakovSemen
Aleksandr SamoylenkoBear
Gosha KutsenkoIgnat
Irina YakovlevaGalina Rogova
Georgiy DronovTolik
Nikolay OlyalinThe Inquisitor
Valeriy ZolotukhinKostya’s Father
Rimma MarkovaWitch Darya
Anna SlyuTiger Cub
Igor LifanovThe Parrot
Mariya MironovaEgor's Mother
Anna DubrovskayaVampiress
Sergey OvchinnikovSergey Ovchinnikov
Anton StepanenkoAnton Stepanenko
Sergey TrofimovZavulon’s Secretary
Aleksey ChadovKostya
Yuri AizenshpisSelf/Cameo
Directing · 2
- Timur Bekmambetov Director, Writer
- Dmitry Kiselyov Second Unit Director, Editor
Writing · 3
- Alexander Talal Screenplay
- Vladimir Vasilyev Novel
- Sergey Lukyanenko Novel
Production · 5
- Natela Abuladze Executive Producer
- Konstantin Ernst Producer
- Anatoliy Maksimov Producer
- Alexey Borisov Line Producer
- Tamara Odintsova Casting Director
Camera · 6
- Sergey Trofimov Director of Photography
- Roman Bojko Additional Director of Photography
- Maksim Belousov Steadicam Operator
- Levan Kapanadze Additional Director of Photography
- Alik Tagirov Steadicam Operator
- Oleg Lagodinskiy Additional Director of Photography
Sound · 2
- Yuriy Poteenko Original Music Composer
- Vyacheslav Dobrynin Songs
Art · 3
- Nikolay Goriaev Art Direction
- Valeri Viktorov Art Direction
- Mukhtar Mirzakeyev Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Irina Morozova Makeup Artist
- Nataliya Bogdanova Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Sergey Vorobyov Stunt Coordinator
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