night watch

unfortunately, this Russian movie about Others who are preyed upon by both light and dark forces and a medieval truce that comes undone in modern Moscow made no sense. it did have some highlights though: the second scene, involving a crazed old woman witch, a shot glass of blood and a near miscarriage, was one of the strangest things I've ever seen and promised a truly twisted movie that never materialized; a boy about to be visited by a vampire watching Buffy; and subtitles choreographed and color-coded to the action on screen. the combination of this movie's digression into confusion and pints of beer had both JL and I fighting to keep our eyes open. oh well.