It's more action-oriented and has a lot more welcome humor [than the first].
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06/15/07
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
At 2 hours and 20 minutes, this zippy follow-up to Night Watch delivers a killer pace, blasts of heavy-metal, vexed characters, and gory allegory wherein occult terrorists suck blood, cast spells and escape to a spooky zone known as the Gloom.
06/15/07
Top CriticDay 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
...nearly gave me a seizure (and movie-wise, I don't seizure lightly).
06/15/07
Surprisingly, Day Watch ups the ante with preposterously entertaining plot lines and fewer mind blowing effects [than the first].
06/15/07
Blurs the distinction between the pretentious and the profound. Still, the illusion is a viscerally compelling one and begs the question of how Bekmambetov will ever top himself.
06/14/07
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
Spectaculars don't come much more bombastic than this goth-Russian supernatural epic.
06/14/07
Day Watch is a bit like Vegas: a bunch of crazy, gaudy stuff that all fits together surprisingly well.
06/14/07
One hell of a movie.
06/14/07
The pretentious plot aside, this is a highly stylized film that effortlessly blends brilliant imagery with heart-pounding action sequences.
06/14/07
Answers the eternal question: The world will not end in fire or ice but by a yo-yo.
06/13/07
Maybe they didn't invent the vampire movie. But thanks to Night Watch and now Day Watch, the Russians certainly have the last word in it.
06/13/07
The filmmakers destroy Moscow with the same glee that Godzilla has in stomping Tokyo. Even though Day Watch is probably a good 20 minutes too long, it's easy to forgive its excesses because Bekmambetov just seems to be having so much fun.
06/11/07
It has fewer hallmarks of an epic, but it feels bigger, fuller -- a more complete work of fantasy.
06/10/07
There's something to be said when the big reveal of a hiding place for a piece of chalk is more emotionally satisfying than the dramatization of a young boy turning towards evil.
06/09/07
Stylistically very different from anything we normally see in the United States. It's a lush film, bathed in an opulent darkness and dread. It has a Russian sensibility and embraces the character driven philosophy of European films.
06/09/07
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
In comparison [to Night Watch], Day Watch is straightforward, explaining what's gone before while telling a fantastical story and having fun doing it.
06/08/07
Daywatch has the fingerprints of Hollywood miscalculation.
06/08/07
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