Part zombie, part vampire and all a pain in the neck.
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10/05/07
Day Watch (2007)
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Reviews Counted:93
Fresh:58
Rotten:35
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Day Watch is frequently cheesy but it offers enough twists, surprises, and inventive action sequences to maintain viewer interest.
Theatrical Release:05-10-2007
Synopsis: This sequel to the Russian film NIGHT WATCH centers on an epic battle between forces of good and evil. An uneasy truce has kept the armies at bay for centuries, but that peace is about to end, and... [More]
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valery Zolotukhin, Maria Poroshina
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Reviews for Day Watch
Even during its action sequences it is slow, confusing and apparently interminable.
10/05/07
A disappointing follow-up to Timur Bekmambetov’s ground-cracking debut that still holds just enough explosiveness to blow a few fuses in your brain. Watch for the set-pieces (killer balls, car chases, power lines used as whips) and ignore the rest.
10/05/07
Day Watch combines the action sequences of a John Woo blockbuster with wonderfully self-conscious humour and hardcore human interest.
10/05/07
It relates to Night Watch the way X2 relates to X-Men: you need to have seen the earlier film to have a hope of following the plot, but it’s a bigger, deeper, more exhilarating ride.
10/05/07
Top CriticImpressively directed with superb special effects, this is an action-packed fantasy flick that's actually more fun than the first film.
10/06/07
Madly over-plotted, with overlapping time frames and puzzling sub-plots, it makes no concessions to neophytes.
06/23/07
Top CriticThe film undeniably has buckets of style, aided and abetted by some extremely funky animated subtitles.
10/05/07
Top CriticA must-see for fans of the original, but a shorter running time and less energetic CGI excess might have done this flawed horror fantasy a serious favour.
10/05/07
Top CriticVisually inventive and bleakly witty, this is a must for fans of off-kilter fantasy thrillers.
10/05/07
A slog through endless death metal-powered action sequences.
10/05/07
Top CriticBig, stupid and nonsensical
10/05/07
Top CriticAside from one stunning image of a sports car skidding along the face of a curved high-rise hotel, Night Watch fails to even equal its forebear's handful of flashy CG moments.
05/18/07
Its imagination is limited. The backstory is shallow and pat. Its characters are mostly one-note. And everything goes on much too long at 133 minutes.
06/05/07
Top CriticChalk of Fate? I'll refrain from the nails-on-a-chalkboard references when it comes to Day Watch - not because I can resist whacky wordplay, but because the movie was so monotones to me, I couldn't muster an actual cringe.
05/31/07
To the credit of [director] Timur Bekmambetov, it is possible to dive into the second chapter of the ambitious, visually dazzling Russian fantasy trilogy that began with 2004's Night Watch without feeling completely adrift.
06/08/07
Chockablock with neat ideas - so many, in fact, that they ultimately end up crowding each other out ... goofy, monumental fun, until it sort of isn't.
06/20/07
The first film ... had style and a specifically Russian streak of dark angst. Day Watch continues in that tradition but adds one unexpected element -- a weird sense of humor.
05/31/07
Day Watch may not suit everyone, but it opens a big can of Russian whoop-de-whoop on anyone willing to take it.
06/07/07
However innovative and arresting the filmmaking, interest in this chapter begins to wane at the 105-minute mark.
05/25/07
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