The film undeniably has buckets of style, aided and abetted by some extremely funky animated subtitles.
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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
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 CriticIt 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 CriticBig, stupid and nonsensical
10/05/07
Top CriticEven during its action sequences it is slow, confusing and apparently interminable.
10/05/07
Part zombie, part vampire and all a pain in the neck.
10/05/07
Visually inventive and bleakly witty, this is a must for fans of off-kilter fantasy thrillers.
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
Madly over-plotted, with overlapping time frames and puzzling sub-plots, it makes no concessions to neophytes.
06/23/07
Top CriticA slog through endless death metal-powered action sequences.
10/05/07
Top CriticA 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
Impressively directed with superb special effects, this is an action-packed fantasy flick that's actually more fun than the first film.
10/06/07
While it's not as good as the first film, Day Watch is a nice alternative to the American horror flicks that have been polluting the cinemas this year.
03/12/08
Day Watch sports a fast and exciting surface, but none of it makes a lick of sense.
06/03/07
Every bit as puzzling as its predecessor, but it's shot in such a bold, crazy way that you have to admire its pure audacity.
06/14/07
Day Watch falls prey to the curse of most sequels in which 'more' is often a thin concept stretched beyond its limits and misconstrued to mean 'bigger and better.'
06/15/07
The series' theme might be that the center cannot hold, but the idea gets played out too literally, as Day Watch can barely keep an idea on the screen for a few minutes before whipping off in a new direction.
06/09/07
The ultimate downfall of the series is that it steadfastly refuses to define its own rules.
07/14/07
Were I to tell you the summer's most awesome blockbuster action sequel involved a war over a piece of chalk, you'd laugh. But it's true.
06/08/07
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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