In helpless rage, Anton strikes Zavulon, while saying in voice over that, although the prophecy has come true and the Dark's victory seems inevitable, he will not give up.

Learning that his own father tried to kill him before he was born turns Yegor – the Other of the prophecy – against Anton and towards Zavulon, which was the latter's plan all along. But in the process, Anton realizes that Yegor is his own son, and that his wife was pregnant with him when Anton tried to have a spell cast on her (believing, mistakenly, that the father of the child was his wife's lover, not himself). In the film's climax, Anton prevents a catastrophic storm from leveling Moscow, when he realizes that Svetlana is an Other, and begins teaching her to control her power. Anton's investigations lead him to a nurse, Svetlana, whom disaster seems to follow everywhere, and a young boy named Yegor. While policing Moscow, he encounters several portents that Geser says are linked to an ancient prophecy of an immensely powerful Other that will end the stalemate between Light and Dark, but will be more likely to join the Dark. Twelve years later, Anton has enlisted in the Night Watch. When they notice that Anton is able to see them, they realize that he is also an Other. Just as the spell is about to be completed, two figures burst in and restrain Daria, preventing her from completing the spell. In modern-day Moscow, Anton Gorodetsky ( Russian: Антон Городецкий) visits a witch named Daria and asks her to cast a spell to return his wife to him, agreeing that she should miscarry her illegitimate child as part of it. Seeing that neither side had a clear advantage, the two faction leaders, Geser and Zavulon, called a truce and each side commissioned a quasi- police force to ensure it was kept the Light side's force was called the Night Watch and the Dark side's force was called the Day Watch. In Medieval times, the armies of both sides met by chance, and a great battle began. Since the beginning of time, there have been ' Others' – humans endowed with supernatural abilities – and for just as long, the Others have been divided between the forces of Light and Dark. It received mixed reviews from critics.Ī sequel, Day Watch, was released in 2006. It overperformed in the American home video market, generating more than $9.5 million in home video sales and $12 million in home video rentals.

The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States, where it grossed $1.5 million. It was Russia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It is loosely based on the 1998 novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. Night Watch ( Russian: Ночной Дозор, romanized: Nochnoy Dozor) is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Bekmambetov and Laeta Kalogridis.