Dark World

In Russia, the mystic student of linguistic Marina Leonova (Svetlana Ivanova) is in love with her boyfriend Artur (Ilya Alekseyev); however he blows her off and dates their schoolmate Vika (Mariya Kozhevnikova). When their class travels to the countryside with their Professor Sergey Rudolfovich (Vladimir Nosik) to research mystic spots, they meet a weird old lady in the forest and she invites them to have a meal with her. The outcast Marina stays by the lake and Artur seeks her to have sex. However they are surprised by their friends and the ashamed Marina runs to the forest. Kostya (Ivan Zhidkov), who has a crush on Marina, follows her and they get lost in the woods.

Marina and Kostya reach an abandoned house and Marina decides to explore the spot. She finds the mummified corpse of a witch holding a shield and she is possessed by a force and faints. Sergey and his students find her and he call a rescue team to help the Marina. However, a violent elite squad in a helicopter arrives instead and sooner the students discover that the Minister of Mining Aleksandr (Sergei Ugryumov) is the son of the powerful sorcerer Ylto Vallo that was murdered centuries ago by the Queen of the Witches. Aleksandr wants to retrieve the power of his father and needs the magic spell that will release his power from the shield. But Marina is also a witch and she will do anything to avoid the evil Aleksandr from getting the power.

"Temnyy Mir" is a messy, but also very entertaining film of witches. This is an unusual theme in Hollywood and this Russian film has a great beginning. Sooner the plot mixes witches, demons, helicopters, bow and arrows, powerful weapons and explosions in a complete mess. But the film is very entertaining and despite the flaws and the conclusion that recalls an Italian spaghetti, I liked it a lot. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Feitiço Negro" ("Black Spell")