Fox Searchlight is taking a double-barreled approach to the promotion of Day Watch, Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov’s follow-up to the edge-dancing, apocalyptic fantasy action thriller Night Watch — so much so that they’re holding a series of free screenings in more than a dozen cities across the country.

Rightly billed as a dazzling mix of state-of-the-art visual effects, nail-biting horror and rousing action sequences set in contemporary Moscow, Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor) revolves around the conflict and balance maintained
between the forces of light and darkness — the result of a medieval truce
between the opposing sides. To RSVP, click here, then click the “attend a free screening” box on the righthand side. New York’s screening is May 29 at the AMC West 34th Street 14, Los Angeles’ screening is May 31 at the ArcLight and San Diego’s screening is June 5 at the AMC La Jolla, but there are also screenings slated for Austin, Washington D.C., Portland, San Francisco, Chicago, Sacramento, Houston, San Antonio and Tampa, among other cities.