Susan Hated Literature

aka Dnevnoy dozor sequel to Nightwatch
Dir: Timur Bekmambetov
Writ: Timur Bekmambetov, Alexander Talal, Vladimir Vasiliev based on the book by Sergei Lukyanenko

• Konstantin Khabensky … Anton
• Mariya Poroshina … Svetlana
• Vladimir Menshov … Geser
• Galina Tyunina … Olga
• Viktor Verzhbitsky … Zavulon
• Valeri Zolotukhin … Kostya’s Father
• Aleksei Chadov … Kostya

This film starts off pretty much exactly where Nightwatch finished up, there is a quick voice over recap and then we are into the action, with Anton having just lost his son to the Dark Others, Zavulon in particular. Svetlana is now in training with Anton; he spends much of his time hiding how he feels about her while she tries to show him how she feels. Of course dating the trainee is a big no-no according to Geser, especially one that will probably be such a Great Light Other.

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I walked past the Dáil today. And there was a a garda on the street. As usual. And another one the inside the grounds of the government buildings. Again, nothing unusual about that.

And they were chatting to each other. As gardaí sometimes do.

But they looked so cute, chatting to each other, hands on the big iron bars that separated them. Just like a couple in a film where one is in prison or summat.

Awwww