“Bureacrats with Fangs” at National Review Online

NRO is running my review of Night Watch, the blazingly silly and wildly entertaining new Russian vampire movie that’s gotten so much hype from the geek quarters of the net. It may not be the most coherent film I’ve ever seen, but it sure is fun, and it dabbles with ideas about regulation and bureaucratic overreach in ways that coincide nicely with other parts of my life. Here's a sample:

The novel setup, in which rival agencies representing Light and Dark mythic creatures known as Others — mostly vampires, but also shape shifters, seers, and other pulp creations — is particularly apt, considering the film's country of origin. What nation better than post-Communist Russia to posit a world in which even warring factions of ghouls must develop regulatory oversight boards? And you thought the PCAOB was a problem.